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A small city in northwest India climbed to a searing 51 degrees Celsius â or 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit â on Thursday afternoon, and broke the countryâs record for all-time hottest temperature. The previous record, 50.6 degrees Celsius, was set in 1886. Phalodi in Rajasthan, India recorded 51.0 Deg C Temperature on 19 May, 2016, which is the highest ever recorded temperature in India. â India Met. Dept. The record was broken in Phalodi, which is just 125 miles away from the city that, up until this afternoon, claimed fame as the hottest location in India â Pachpadra.
The highest temperature recorded today was 35.9C (96.6F) at Gravesend in Kent, nudging the record 37.1C (98.8F) set at Cheltenham on August 3, 1990. It was also the hottest day in central London for 46 years with a top temperature of 35.1C (95F) recorded by the London Weather Centre. But the record for the hottest day in this country's history is still under threat, weathermen said. With no sign of relief from the heatwave, temperatures are set to peak again on Saturday. Tuesday's year-best temperature of 34.3C (93F), recorded on Jersey, was smashed by the heat in the South East and central London.