Heat wave grips Gujarat with Idar crossing 45

Heat wave grips Gujarat with Idar crossing 45
Gandhinagar, 28 April, 2011


Heat wave grips Gujarat with Idar crossing 45


North Gujarat’s Idar town of Sabarkantha district today recorded temperature of 45 degree Celsius for the first time this season. This is about four degrees above normal.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) the dry wind are blowing in northwesterly to northerly direction at low level resulting in to increased temperature.

Besides Idar, above 40 degree Celsius temperature was recorded in cities like Ahmedabad (41.9), Vadodara (43), Deesa (42.4), Amreli (42), Gandhinagar (41.5), Surendranagar (41.7), Vallabh Vidhyanagar (41.8) and Bhavnagar (41).