There seems to be no respite from sweltering heat this year with the national capital New Delhi recording the highest-ever temperature at 52.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

According to reports, the temperature was measured at Mungeshpur in Northwest Delhi.

According to India Meteorological Department, the automatic weather station at Mungeshpur has recorded the temperature around 2.30 pm, reported The Express Tribune.

IMD said heatwave to severe heatwave conditions very likely in most parts of Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, many parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, few parts of West Madhya Pradesh isolated pockets of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and heatwave conditions very likely in isolated pockets of Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha, and Chhattisgarh on May 29.

It said conditions continue to become favourable for Monsoon onset over Kerala during next 24 hours and advance of monsoon over some parts of Northeastern States during the same period.