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title: "India’s hottest district shuts at 10 am as mercury breaches 48 degrees Celsius mark"
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# India’s hottest district shuts at 10 am as mercury breaches 48 degrees Celsius mark

[Link →](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indias-hottest-district-banda-shuts-at-10-am-as-mercury-breaches-48-degrees-celsius-mark-101779240653594.html)

> On April 27 this year, Banda recorded 47.6°C, the highest temperature anywhere in India that day and its highest since 1951, surpassing its previous April peak of 47.4°C reached on April 30, 2022, and April 25, 2026. On Tuesday, Banda was again the hottest in India at 48.2°C, setting a new record.

Irre. Was so auch schon in »[Extrapolations](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrapolations)« prophezeit wird, einer der besten Apple-TV-Serien, die niemand gesehen hat. (via [Kottke](https://kottke.org/26/05/0048983-indias-hottest-district-s))