Heat wave sweeps across India

It is official now. The country is in the grip of yet another sweltering summer. The mercury hovered around 40-45°C in many parts of the country on Thursday, throwing normal life out of gear. The weather department has predicted higher temperatures, and little prospect of rains.

It is official now. The country is in the grip of yet another sweltering summer. The mercury hovered around 40-45°C in many parts of the country on Thursday, throwing normal life out of gear. The weather department has predicted higher temperatures, and little prospect of rains.

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RAJASTHAN: SRIGANGANAGAR: 45.4°C
Blistering heat abetted by desert storms kept the temperature high across the state on Thursday. Sriganganagar remained the hottest with a maximum temperature of 45.4°C. Jaipur also witnessed its hottest day of the season on Thursday
at 42.7°C.

ORISSA: TALCHER: 45.3°C
Orissa witnessed intense heat wave in the last week, with the temperature crossing 40°C in several coastal and interior areas. The hottest day of the season — 45.3°C —was recorded at the coalmine town of Talcher, about 250 km west of Bhubaneswar, on Wednesday.

ANDHRA PRADESH: RENTICHINTALA: 42°C
Heat wave conditions prevailed in Telangana and parts of coastal Andhra with the mercury hovering between 41 to
42°C. Rentichintala in Guntur registered 42°C, two degrees lower than the previous day.

HARYANA: HISAR: 43.5°C
Intense heat conditions swept the plains of Haryana with Hisar continuing as the hottest place with 43.5°C, four notches above normal level. Bhiwani, too, experienced sizzling heat at 43.2 °C, more than the normal by three degrees.

PUNJAB: PATIALA: 43.1°C
In Punjab, heat prevailed in Patiala, which recorded a high of 43.1°C, up by five degrees. Ludhiana recorded 42.4 °C, four degrees above normal while Amritsar boiled at 42.5°C, up four notches. Hot weather also prevailed in Chandigarh, which recorded a high of 41.3°C, up by two notches from the regular temperature.

HIMACHAL PRADESH: UNA: 44°C
The maximum day temperatures remained two to five degrees above normal in most parts of the state despite rains and thunderstorms. The minimum temperature rose to 19.5°C in Shimla, 6.5 degrees above normal. Una remained hottest in the region with a high of 44°C.

BIHAR: GAYA: 40.9°C
Though Bihar is not facing a ‘heat wave’ condition, the maximum temperature in many parts of the state hovered around 40°C on Thursday. Gaya was the hottest in the state at 40.9°C.