Heat-wave warning elongated for 2 more days, 17 places record 40°C or above

Ahmedabad: At least 17 places in Gujarat today witnessed maximum temperature at 40°C or above with Porbandar recording highest 42.6°C even as the met department has elongated its ‘heat-wave’ warning for parts of Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat region for two more days.

The northeasterly winds prevailing at lower levels in many areas were bringing dry heat from northern areas causing heat-wave at many places.

Kandla Port with 42.3°C and Bhuj with 42°C remained second and third hottest places.

Ahmedabad recorded a maximum of 40.0 °C which was 1.2 °C above normal. The minimum temperature in the city at 21.8 ° C was, however,1.2 °C below normal.

The met department which had issued heat wave warning for coastal Saurashtra today has issued such warning for two more days for parts of Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat.

Meanwhile the farmers of Vaslad district today took out a rally demanding appropriated measures by the administration to compensate for the damage to their crops owing to untimely heat-wave.

The maximum and minimum temperatures across Gujarat today was as following –
PORBANDAR 42.6 21.8 AHMEDABAD 40.0 21.8 RAJKOT 40.9 24.0 DEESA 41.2 19.8 VERAVAL 38.8 23.5 GANDHI NAGAR 41.5 20.5 IDAR 41.6 26.6 SURENDRANAGAR 41.8 22.3 V.V. NAGAR 40.9 23.2 MAHUVA 40.6 17.5 VADODARA 40.6 20.0 BHUJ 42.0 22.7 SURAT 41.6 22.5 MANDVI 37.0 25.0 VALSAD 41.9 19.1 NALIYA 41.8 17.2 KANDLA PORT 42.3 21.6 AMRELI 41.5 24.2 KANDLA AIRPORT 41.5 22.2 BHAVNAGAR 39.6 23.0 DWARKA 39.2 23.0 OKHA 32.0 25.6.

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