Rain/hailstorm with strong winds, crops damaged, power outage at some places

Ahmedabad: Several places in Gujarat today again witnessed light to moderate rain/thundershowers/hailstorm during which crops were also damaged owing to strong winds while power supply at some places including in over two dozen villages in Rajkot was also disrupted.

Lightening struck a power sub station in Hadmatia in Rajkot district causing power outage in the town and over two dozen adjoining villages. Other parts of the district including Gondal also witnessed non-seasonal rain accompanied by strong winds.

Some areas in Amreli district also saw rain which is said to be damaging for mango crops and onion produce. In Danta, Deesa and Dhanera areas of Banaskantha district in North Gujarat rain and thundershowers accompanied by strong winds caused some damage to the millet crop.

In Ahmedabad, where thundershowers were witnessed yesterday also, the weather took a turn in the evening with rain, thundershowers and hailstorm in several areas in the city and adjoining rural pockets as well. Power outage were also caused for around half an hour in Ghatlodia and adjoining areas.

Meanwhile, owing to the changing wind pattern from South Westerly to North Westerly today the humidity had come down substantially, from over 70% to 49% in the morning hours however after rain it again went up further in the evening.

The met bulletin has predicted dry weather across the state in the coming day giving rise to the possibility of return of dry hot weather.

Though temperatures remained moderate across the state today yet Surendranagar with 42.3°C of maximum temperature remained at the top. Ahmedabad recorded a maximum of 41.4 °C quite marginally ( -0.3 °C) lower than the normal one.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places across the state today was as following –

PORBANDAR 34.3 27.7 AHMEDABAD 41.4 26.0 RAJKOT 41.5 26.7 DEESA 39.1 22.0 VERAVAL 33.0 27.4 GANDHI NAGAR 41.2 25.7 IDAR 41.0 24.6 SURENDRANAGAR 42.3 28.0 V.V. NAGAR 38.9 22.5 MAHUVA 36.6 25.9 VADODARA 39.6 27.8 BHUJ 37.8 27.0 SURAT 35.8 28.4 VALSAD 34.9 23.6 NALIYA 35.2 28.4 KANDLA PORT 38.6 28.2 AMRELI 41.5 26.5 KANDLA AIRPORT 39.6 27.8 BHAVNAGAR 38.0 28.6 DWARKA 32.6 28.0 OKHA 33.2 28.0.

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