Of temperature and the times

I happened to step out of my office at Ahmedabad yesterday at 5.30 pm. As I stepped out, I sensed something unusual. Unusual for the time of the day.

*The bloody HEAT*

What intrigued me more than the heat, was the heat at THAT time of the day. It was 5.30 pm, for god's sake! I am someone who is used to a pleasant evening breeze at that time, so I had to prove that it was unusual. I went underground, to www.wunderground.com.



What the graph proves, is that temperature on 28th Apr 09 DID peak for Ahmedabad at around 5.30 pm. It was 43 degrees Celsius at frigging 5.30 in the evening! If one looks at other places - Chennai and Kolkata were neck and neck through the day, and cooled down post 2.30 pm (close to sea, moderate, significantly cooler evenings). Delhi did mirror Ahmedabad closely, but didn't come close to matching Ahmedabad's audacity to peak at 5.30 pm!

And I used to leave office daily at around 4 pm as opposed to earlier in the day for market visits, thinking the day's worst was over! Strange place, this is.

Er I've plotted temperature on 28th April 2009 in that graph for one more city: Amsterdam. Not that its too relevant, but well, its good to keep reminding oneself of Amsterdam, no? :)