Temperatures ease up across Gujarat, mercury not to soar further this week

Ahmedabad: Temperatures across Gujarat marginally eased up today however several places including Ahmedabad which remained second hottest along with Surendranagar with maximum 42.7°C continued to reel under scorching sun while Kandala airport recorded highest of 43.4°C.

However the good news is that the temperatures are not likely to rise anymore in the coming six to seven days giving much needed respite to people.

The met forecast has said that the temperatures will go down further in the coming days. In Ahmedabad it is likely to remain around 40°C as the maximum figure.

Meanwhile Ahmedabad today saw around a degree of decrease in its maximum temperature from yesterday but it was yet around 1.1°C above normal. However as the minimum temperature in the city at 29.6°C remained around 3 degrees above normal, the feeling of hotness did not eased up much.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places across Gujarat today was as following-

PORBANDAR 35.6 26.2 AHMEDABAD 42.7 29.6 RAJKOT 41.9 26.3 DEESA 41.4 29.0 VERAVAL 33.2 26.8 SURENDRANAGAR 42.7 28.2 V.V. NAGAR 42.3 28.2 MAHUVA 37.4 28.9 VADODARA 40.9 29.0 BHUJ 40.6 25.4 SURAT 36.0 29.4 VALSAD 37.9 23.1 NALIYA 36.6 26.6 KANDLA PORT 38.7 26.4 AMRELI 42.6 28.0 KANDLA AIRPORT 43.4 26.7 BHAVNAGAR 39.8 30.6 DWARKA 31.2 27.2 OKHA 33.5 27.3.

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