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Nawabshah: On Monday, 30 April, the temperature in Nawabshah exceeded to the highest that ever measured on the planet during the month of April.

The temperature recorded was 50.2 Celsius in the city of Nawabshah, which is situated in Southern Punjab.

Etienne Kapikian, a meteorologist at Meteo France, tweeted about the extreme temperature saying that the previous best for Pakistan has been the 50 Celsius recorded in Larkana on 19 April, 2017. The tweet also states that it was the warmest April temperature ever recorded in the entire Asian continent.

Washington Post quoted an expert on global weather extremes, Christopher Burt, who said that it probably was the extreme temperature “yet reliably observed on Earth in modern records”.

He further added, in April 2001 a temperature recorded of 51 Celsius in Santa Rosa, Mexico, is of “dubious reliability”.

Director General of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Dr. Ghulam Rasool confirmed that the temperature recorded in Nawabshah was the highest ever recorded in the month of April in Pakistan on Monday, April 30.

A weather model analysis over southern Pakistan showed the rise in temperature to 25 degrees warmer than normal on Monday.

At least seven countries witnessed record high March-temperatures in 2018 between  March 29-31.

Pakistan — 45.5 Celsius (old record 45 Celsius in 2010)

Iraq — 43.7 Celsius (old record 42.3 Celsius in 2010)

Qatar — 40 Celsius (old record 39 Celsius in 1998)

Turkmenistan — 40.2 Celsius (old record 39.1 Celsius in 2010)

Uzbekistan — 37.2 Celsius (old record 36.3 Celsius in 2000)

Tajikistan — 35.2 Celsius (old record 33.3 Celsius in 1971)

Nawabshah also witnessed the record high temperature of 45.5 Celsius in Pakistan for the month of March in 2018.

Mohenjo Daro holds the record for highest temperature ever recorded in Pakistan at 53.5 Celcius in May 2010.