{"id":21923,"date":"2026-05-04T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21923"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:48:23","slug":"hot-and-dry-weather-to-persist-in-karachi-temperature-may-reach-42c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21923","title":{"rendered":"Hot and Dry Weather to Persist in Karachi, Temperature May Reach 42\u00b0C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The weather in Karachi is expected to remain extremely hot and dry today, with forecasts indicating a further rise in temperature and authorities advising citizens to take necessary precautions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature is expected to range between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius, with the intensity of heat likely to be more pronounced during the daytime.<\/p>\n<p>Sea breezes are expected to remain suspended during the afternoon but may resume in the evening, while northwesterly winds are currently blowing at a speed of around 8 kilometers per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum temperature recorded in Karachi today was 29 degrees Celsius, while humidity levels stand at 27 percent, contributing to a drier atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that a heatwave-like situation persisted in the city yesterday as well, with the maximum temperature reaching 40.9 degrees Celsius and humidity recorded at 52 percent.<\/p>\n<p>According to the heat index, the temperature felt 4 to 5 degrees higher than the actual reading, making it feel close to 45 degrees Celsius during peak hours.<\/p>\n<p>Hot winds blowing from the north caused intense heat throughout the day, while opposing wind patterns kept sea breezes inactive for several hours, further increasing the heat intensity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather in Karachi is expected to remain extremely hot and dry today, with forecasts indicating a further rise in temperature and authorities advising citizens to take necessary precautions. According to the Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature is expected to range between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius, with the intensity of heat likely to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,43],"tags":[2256,762,5487,594,8693,502],"class_list":["post-21923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-weather","tag-extreme-heat","tag-heatwave","tag-karachi-weather","tag-meteorological-department","tag-sea-breeze","tag-temperature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21924,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21923\/revisions\/21924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}