With increasing temperatures 15 districts recorded day temperature at 44 degree Celsius in the state on Monday. Night temperatures dipped little from harsher levels.
Bhopal recorded 44 degree Celsius which the peak of the season reached for the second time in the season while night temperature have dipped to 27.4 degree Celsius which was recorded at around 30 degree Celsius.
The day temperature was recorded 3 degree Celsius above normal temperature in Bhopal.
Bhopal, Hoshangabad and Ujjain divisions recorded temperatures above the normal temperatures. The highest day temperature was recorded at 45.5 degree Celsius.
Warning of hot wave conditions has been issued by Met department and regions which are likely to witness hot wave conditions are Chambal division, Raisen, rajgarh, Khargone, Khandwa, Badwani, Ratlam and Shajapur districts.
According to the forecast Bhopal is likely to receive day temperature at 43 degree Celsius and night temperature at 28 degree Celsius on Tuesday.
The weathermen told that the conditions are likely to become favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of South Bay of Bengal , Andaman Islands and north Andaman Sea during the next 72 hours.
Apart from the highest day temperature several regions recorded high day temperatures. Damoh recorded day temperature at 45 degree Celsius, Nowgong recorded day temperature at 45.3 degree Celsius and Chhindwara recorded day temperatures at 44.5 degree Celsius.
Umaria, Hoshangabad,Gwalior, Betul, Narsinghpur, Guna, Bhopal, Khandwa, Jabalpur, Raisen, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Rewa, Sheopur and Shivpuri recorded day temperature around 44 degree Celsius.
Only Damoh recorded night temperature at 29.2 degree Celsius while other regions recorded moderate night temperatures.