The city was scorching on Sunday as the temperature shot up to 43.3, the season’s highest here. Among the nearby areas, Hoshangabad recorded the highest day temperature at 44.7 degree Celsius.
After a short spell of relief in the last week, the day temperatures have once again witnessed an increasing trend. It peaked on Sunday after gradual increase on Friday and Saturday. Day temperature reached 41 deg C at 11 am and later witnessed the peak at 43.3 degree Celsius.
Among the major cities, Indore recorded day temperature at 42.8 deg C which was two degrees above the normal temperature while the night temperature was recorded at 26.6 deg C which also witnessed the same deviation from the normal temperature by 2 degree Celsius.
Warning of hot wind conditions in several regions of Ujjain division has been issued by the Met department.
Met department officials said that in the past 24 hours Rewa and a few other regions witnessed rainfall in the past 24 hours. According to the forecast, the day temperatures would remain around 43 -44 degree Celsius while the night temperatures would remain around 26-27 degree Celsius.
Guna recorded day temperature at 43.4 degree Celsius and Sagar had 42.6 degree Celsius. Shajapur recorded day temperature at 44 degree Celsius. Satna recorded day temperature at 38.8 degree Celsius. The day temperature was recorded low in Satna due to the good amount of rainfall received in the past 24 hours that recorded 6 cm.
The night temperatures in the city was around 26 degree Celsius. Dry weather conditions would prevail in the next 24 hours. Hot winds would blow for the next 5-6 days and the weather would remain hot and humid.