Northwest India has been swept by hot winds and high temperatures. Monsoon has yet not reached the region due to absence of a favourable weather system.

No hope of relief is seen, temperatures soared to as high a 43-45 degrees Celsius. India Meteorological Department has said that it does not see any chances of monsoon advancing in the region before July 7.

Scant rainfall and dry westerly and southwesterly winds from Pakistan have led to heatwave conditions in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, north Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and northwest Madhya Pradesh over the past couple of days.

Here are the top 10 hottest cities in India on July 1, as per Skymet.

Ganganagar (Rajasthan): 45.8

Churu (Rajasthan): 45.4

Pilani (Rajasthan): 44.7

Bikaner (Rajasthan): 44.4

Narnaul (Haryana/NCR): 44.0

Hissar (Haryana): 43.5

New Delhi: 43.5

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): 43.4

Rohtak (Haryana): 43.4

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh): 43.2

National capital Delhi is on the seventh spot with maximum temperatures at 43.5 degrees Celsius. IMD in it’s statement said that “Due to likely dry westerly/southwesterly winds from Pakistan to northwest India at lower levels, heat wave conditions in isolated/some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, north Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and northwest Madhya Pradesh during next two days.”

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