Dust storms across the State and rainfall witnessed at several places brought the temperatures down by a few notches on Wednesday. The day temperature of the State capital slipped to 43.9 degree Celsius on Wednesday, a decline of 1.1 degree from the temperature of Tuesday which witnessed the highest day temperature of the season at 45 degree Celsius. City witnessed dip in the temperatures but the nearby areas maintained high temperatures. Hoshangabad recorded day temperature at 45.8 degree Celsius on Wednesday. Day temperature dipped from the levels attained on Tuesday but the day temperature was still 3 degree Celsius above the normal temperature.
Several divisions would witness intense hot wave conditions in the next 48 hours. Warning of intense hot wave conditions in Chambal, Indore and Rewa divisions has been issued by Met department.Shahdol, Jabalpur, Sagar, Hoshangabad, Bhopal, Ujjain and Gwalior divisions would witness hot wave conditions in the next 48 hours. According to the forecast by Met department Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Datia, Tikamgarh, Chattarpur, Panna and Satna regions are likely to witness dust storms and thundery activities in the next 24 hours.
Highest day temperature was recorded at 47 degree Celsius at Naugoan, Shajapur, Damoh and Datia on Wednesday. High speed winds with a wind speed of 40-50 km/hr were witnessed on Tuesday which disrupted the power supply for hours. The day temperature would be witnessed around 45 degree Celsius while the night temperature would be witnessed around 28 degree Celsius. Indore recorded day temperature at 43.2 degree Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 25 degree Celsius.