Amreli hottest at 41°C, Ahmedabad saw first rise of mercury above 40°C this season

Ahmedabad:

Amreli today remained the hottest place in Guajrat with highest temperature of 41 °C and Ahmedabad saw mercury crossing 40 first time this season even as heat wave conditions also prevailed in some parts of Saurashtra-Kutch.

In all at least 10 places saw over 40 temperatures which was less than that of yesterday.

Met bulletin today said that there will be a drop of 1 to 2 degree in maximum temperatures in next two days and he heat wave would vanish. The heat wave in parts of Saurashtra-Kutch and Diu would make a comeback on March 30 and 31.

Dry Northwesterly to Northerly winds were the main cause for heat wave like conditions.

In Ahmedabad today maximum temperature first time touched 40 mark and was recorded 40.4°C which was almost 3 notches above normal. The minimum temperature at 19 °C was however 2.4 °C below normal. The met bulletin said that there won’t be any significant change in the minimum temperatures in the next two days.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at various places across Guajrat and the UT of Diu was as follows –

PORBANDAR 38.1 20.6 AHMEDABAD 40.4 19.0 RAJKOT 40.6 22.5 DEESA 39.8 20.0 VERAVAL 38.0 23.7 GANDHINAGAR 40.5 19.0 DIU 38.7 17.2 SURENDRANAGAR 40.8 22.8 V.V. NAGAR 40.5 22.8 MAHUVA 39.6 20.5 VADODARA 40.7 21.4 BHUJ 40.4 23.4 SURAT 40.6 22.8 VALSAD 36.9 18.1 NALIYA 38.0 15.1 KANDLA PORT 38.1 21.6 AMRELI 41.0 23.3 KANDLA AIRPORT 40.8 23.9 BHAVNAGAR 39.5 24.6 DWARKA 31.0 22.5 OKHA 30.9 25.2.

DeshGujarat