Rain in parts of Kutch, Banaskantha, Rajkot, temperatures remain moderate

Ahmedabad:

The spell of non-seasonal rain in parts of Gujarat continued today as well with several places including those in Kutch, Banaskantha and Rajkot experiencing it.

The met bulletin said that the upper air cyclonic circulation over South West Madhya Pradesh, South East Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat was responsible for it.

Bhuj town in Kutch district, Hadad and neighbouring villages in Danta taluka of Banaskantha district, Jetpur in Rajkot and some other places saw rain.

Some trees and an electric pole fell down due to strong winds accompanied by rain in Hadad village.

However cloud from many places vanished today as the cyclonic circulation was drifting away.

Amreli today recorded the highest temperature of 40.4 ° C . Rajkot (40.3) and Surendranagar (40.3) were the only other two places in the state with above 40 temperature.

Ahmedabad today saw the the maximum of 39.9°C which was 0.6 ° C above normal.

The met bulletin today said that there won’t be any large change in maximum temperatures in next 2 days and after that it was likely to rise by 2 to 3 degrees.

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