2017 Pakistan heat wave

{{Short description|Weather event in Pakistan}}

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|label1 = Karachi {{convert|41.5|C}}

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|lat1_deg = 24

|lat1_min = 51

|lat1_sec = 36

|lat1_dir = N

|lon1_deg = 67

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|label2 = Lahore {{convert|45|C}}

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|lat2_deg = 31

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|lat2_sec = 59

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|lon2_deg = 74

|lon2_min = 20

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|label3 = Larkana {{convert|51|C}}

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|lat3_deg = 27

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|lon3_deg = 68

|lon3_min = 12

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|label4 = Rahim Yar Khan {{convert|47|C}}

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|lat4_deg = 28

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|lon4_deg = 70

|lon4_min = 18

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|label6 = Multan {{convert|45|C}}

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|lat6_deg = 30

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|label7 = Nawabshah {{convert|44.5|C}}

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|lat7_deg = 26

|lat7_min = 15

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|pushpin_map_caption= A map marking significantly affected cities

|start_date=April 2017

|end_date=April 2017

|place=Pakistan

|fatalities=At least 4 as of 5 May 2017{{cite news|title=Heat wave claims four lives in Hyderabad|url=http://pakobserver.net/heat-wave-claims-four-lives-hyderabad/|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=Pakistan Observer|agency=Associated Press of Pakistan|date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510151605/http://pakobserver.net/heat-wave-claims-four-lives-hyderabad/|archive-date=10 May 2017|url-status=dead}}

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In April 2017, a severe heat wave with temperatures as high as 51{{nbsp}}°C (124 °F) hit Pakistan, especially its southern parts.{{cite news|title=Severe heatwave engulfs most parts of Sindh|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/03/29/severe-heatwave-engulfs-most-parts-of-sindh/|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=Pakistan Today|agency=Associated Press of Pakistan|date=29 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=Heatwave builds across northern India and Pakistan|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/heatwave-builds-northern-india-pakistan-170415081524949.html|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=Al Jazeera English|date=15 April 2017}} This heat wave broke the old temperature records of many cities in the country for the month of April.[http://www.pmd.gov.pk/ Pakistan Meteorological Department] Larkana, a city in the southern province of Sindh, experienced the highest maximum temperature of 51.0 °C on 20 April,{{cite news|title=Heatwave continues in Larkana|url=http://nation.com.pk/karachi/21-Apr-2017/heatwave-continues-in-larkana|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=The Nation (Pakistan)|agency=Associated Press of Pakistan|date=21 April 2017}} breaking the previous day's record of 50{{nbsp}}°C.{{cite news|last1=Bhatti|first1=M. Waqar|title=Larkana's temperature touches 50°C|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/199698-Larkanas-temperature-touches-50C|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=The News International|date=20 April 2017}}