Sikkim swelters - MAJHITAR HEATS UP TO 36 DEGREE CELSIUS!

GANGTOK, 23 Sept: It has been uncomfortably hot in Gangtok and other parts of the state for the past few days. With hardly any rainfall, umbrellas are now popping up to shield one from the harsh rays of the sun. Unfortunately, they don’t make umbrellas wide enough to offer enough shelter and shades are increasingly being sought out around town. Everybody is complaining about the sweltering heat nowadays.
And rightly so, with the Meteorological Centre, Gangtok recording a maximum temperature of 36 degree Celsius at Majhitar today! Compare that with Kolkata which tipped the mercury at a degree lower at 35 today!!
In Tadong, a maximum temperature of 30 degree Celsius and minimum of 20 degree Celsius was recorded. According to the centre, maximum temperatures have remained 2 to 4 degree Celsius above normal over most of the stations in Sikkim.
Gangtok experienced a maximum temperature of 23.4 degree Celsius and minimum temperature of 18 degree Celsius. The centre has also recorded the relative humidity of 95% in Gangtok and 73% over Tadong.
The centre has also recorded max of 25.5 degree Celsius and min of 17.3 degree Celsius over Mangan, max of 29 degree Celsius and min of 21 degree Celsius over Namthang, max of 24.9 degree Celsius and min of 19 degree Celsius over Namchi and max of 26.1 degree Celsius and min of 17.7 degree Celsius over Gyalshing.
The Southwest Monsoon has been subdued over Sikkim as per the summary of observation recorded at 8:30 AM by the Gangtok Met Centre.