Rain, hailstorm at few places amid marginal lowering of temperatures in Gujarat

Gandhinagar:

A few places in Gujarat today saw light rain/hail storm even as the high temperatures across Gujarat marginally subsided at some places

Some places in Gondal Taluka of Rajkot district and a few others in Saurashtra saw rain and hail storm which brought down the temperatures considerably.

Meanwhile, the spell of now humid and now dry hot weather continued today at many places across the state with Surendranagar remaining hottest at 43.3 °C. Rajkot at 42.7 °C remained at second place in this regard.

The southwesterly to westerly wind pattern is continuing due to which there was moistness in the air and heat-wave conditions were not prevailing despite high temperatures at some places.

Ahmedabad today saw drop in maximum temperature which was 40.8 °C around half a degree less than normal. The minimum at 27.2 °C was however 1.2 ° C above normal in the city.
The maximum relative humidity in the city was 68% while at the lowest level during afternoon it was 24%.

The met bulletin today said that Maximum temperatures would be over 40°C in North Gujarat region and in parts of Saurrashtra-Kutch.

The maximum and minimum temperatures at several places across Gujarat today were as following –
PORBANDAR 34.3 27.2 AHMEDABAD 40.8 27.2 RAJKOT 42.7 26.3 DEESA 41.2 26.4 VERAVAL 33.4 27.8 GANDHINAGAR 41.0 26.5 IDAR 41.6, not available, SURENDRANAGAR 43.3 28.0 V.V. NAGAR 40.5 27.5 VADODARA 39.6 26.8 BHUJ 41.4 24.6 SURAT 33.8 27.6 VALSAD 34.4 22.1 NALIYA 36.1 26.7 KANDLA PORT 38.6 27.5 AMRELI 41.7 25.6 KANDLA AIRPORT 40.6 26.7 BHAVNAGAR 38.0 25.7 DWARKA 32.7 27.6.

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