No letup in heatwave in Punjab, Haryana; Sirsa hottest at 46.4 deg C
Chandigarh, Jun 9 (PTI) There was no respite from blistering heat in Haryana and Punjab on Monday as Sirsa touched 46.4 degrees Celsius while Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded season's highest maximum so far at 43.8 degrees Celsius.
Haryana's Sirsa continued to reel under intense heat, even as most other places in the state also recorded above normal maximum temperatures.
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- Indian Express
Uttar Pradesh: Heatwave alert till Thursday for south, southwest districts
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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
Mercury in MP's Naogaon reaches 46
Bhopal: The temperature in the city and state sharply remained above the normal mark. Tuesday competed with Monday on the record of the second hottest day of June in Bhopal and it was a tie as the day temperature again stood at 43.4 degrees. A respite from the hot weather was unlikely for the next few days. The day temperature in Bhopal was five degrees more than normal mark, while the night temperature in the city was 28.6 degrees celsius, two degrees more than the normal mark. Day temperature in Naogaon in MP reached 46 degrees celsius. In the forecast for Bhopal on Wednesday the meteorological dept stated it would be mainly clear sky. Day and night temperature would be respectively 43 degrees celsius and 28 degrees celsius while average wind speed will be 26 kilometers per hour. In the forecast for the state the meteorological dept issued warning of heat wave at isolated places in Narmadapuram, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Guna, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Datia, Bhind, Morena, Sheopurkalan, Panna, Damoh, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh and Niwari districts. A possibility of rainfall or drizzle with thunderstorm, lightning at isolated places was underlined for Khargone, Barwani, Alirajpur, Seoni, Mandla and Balaghat districts in the state. A dry weather would prevail over remaining districts in the state. I n the weather outlook the meteorological dept stated there would be no large change in the weather for the next three days. The meteorological dept stated the northern limit of monsoon continues to pass through Mumbai, Ahilyanagar, Adilabad, Bhawanipatna, Puri, Sandhead Island, Balurghat. An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over north Chhattisgarh and neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level. A trough runs from northwest Uttar Pradesh to west central Bay of Bengal across north Madhya Pradesh, south Chhattisgarh and central Odisha at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
Mercury touches 43.9Celsius in Kanpur,heat wave leaves locals uncomfortable
Kanpur: Rising trend in mercury baffled the citizens as maximum temperature recorded by the Meteorological department is 43.9 degree Celsius which is 6.2 degree more than normal. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now South eastern winds with 53 percent humidity amalgamated with temperature gave an impression of 46 degrees or more temperature to the people of the city on Tuesday.. The minimum temperature recorded was 28.2 which is also 1.3 degree more than normal temperature forcing the people to pass their night in changing their postures on their bed. Power cuts at different localities enhance the woo of locals. The indication of super heat climatic conditions were witnessed in the morning by 9 am when sun rays started pouring heat. By 11 am several roads became deserted and only few people were on the road and who were in a hurry to reach a safe place or shelter. According to the Indian Meteorological department (IMD) and S Sunil Pandey, weather scientist of CSA University predicted that there is no respite during the next two days. However, due to light cloud cover between June 13 to June 15, there is a possibility of strong winds, thunderstorms and locally light rainfall. The relief might be for some time as monsoon rains are expected in the third or fourth week of this month. The IMD stated that climatic changes were indicating that monsoon would soon mark its presence from the fourth week of this month.
