Delhi's temperature showed 43.5C. Why did it feel hotter?

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Delhi's official temperature of 43.5°C doesn't tell the full story. The BBC deployed thermal cameras across the city to measure actual surface temperatures, the asphalt, buildings, and ground that people experience. Indoors and outdoors, surfaces registered far higher than the air temperature reading. The investigation reveals why residents felt the heat was more intense than weather stations reported, exposing a gap between what thermometers measure and what bodies endure in India's blistering capital.