Heat wave to continue, Surendranagar sizzles at 45°C

Ahmedabad: Heat wave in Saurashtra and other parts of Gujarat is likely to continue tomorrow as well even as amid rising mercury and severe heat-wave Surendranagar sizzled with highest 45°C and remained hottest across the state today.

Kandla port with 44.5°C and Idar with 44.4°C remained at second and third places in terms of highest temperatures.

Ahmedabad which is experiencing ‘hot and dry’ northerly and northwesterly winds at lower levels for the past few days saw a maximum of 42.8°C (4 degree above normal) while the lowest at 20.2 was 3.4 degree below normal.

The met bulletin today predicted dry weather for the next several days with continued heat wave (though the severity might come down a bit) warning for the next 24 hours as well. ‘Heat wave conditions most likely at isolated places over Gujarat region and Saurashtra – Kutch,’ it read for tomorrow.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places in and around Gujarat today were as following –
PORBANDAR 42.3 21.2 AHMEDABAD 42.8 20.2 RAJKOT 44.0 24.0 DEESA 43.6 21.4 VERAVAL 40.8 25.0 GANDHI NAGAR 44.0 18.5 DIU 41.2 20.6
IDAR 44.4 23.3 SURENDRANAGAR 45.0 24.2 V.V. NAGAR 42.4 24.7 MAHUVA 39.4 22.9 VADODARA 42.7 22.4 BHUJ 44.2 25.2 SURAT 43.0 22.4
VALSAD 42.4 19.6 NALIYA 42.8 17.2 KANDLA PORT 44.5 24.2 AMRELI 43.8 24.9 KANDLA AIRPORT 44.2 25.8 BHAVNAGAR 42.5 25.8 DWARKA 33.4 23.0 OKHA 32.6 25.2

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