Ahmedabad: The met department has not issued any official heat wave warning however several places in the state recorded over 43 °C temperature today with two recording over 44°C and Surendranagar with highest 44.8°C virtually sizzled.

Rajkot was second hottest place with 44.3 °C and Amreli with third highest temperature at 43.8°C also felt the ire of scorching sun.

Ahmedabad recorded a maximum of 43.3°C which was around 2 degrees above normal.

Due to scorching sun and unbearable heat at many places including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Amreli, Gandhinagar, Rajkot Deesa, and Surendranagar people remained indoor during the noon and afternoon and roads at several places wore deserted look.

The met department, however has not issued any heat-wave warning for the coming days so far.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at different places in the state today was as following-

PORBANDAR 34.9 23.0 AHMEDABAD 43.3 25.2 RAJKOT 44.3 26.2 DEESA 43.0 26.2 VERAVAL 32.4 25.8 GANDHI NAGAR 43.0 25.5 SURENDRANAGAR 44.8 26.0 V.V. NAGAR 41.4 26.8 MAHUVA 37.2 22.9 VADODARA 42.2 27.2 BHUJ 41.7 25.6 SURAT 35.0 27.6 VALSAD 36.4 21.1 NALIYA 37.6 24.0 KANDLA PORT 39.5 25.5 AMRELI 43.8 24.7 KANDLA AIRPORT 43.0 25.3 BHAVNAGAR 39.8 25.0 DWARKA 34.5 26.7 OKHA 35.0 26.5.

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