Bhopal is reeling under an intense heat wave as the city recorded the highest day temperature of the season at 43 degrees Celsius on Friday.
The mercury started soaring in the last four to five days and the last two days saw the temperatures reach alarming levels.
Met officials said that from now on the mercury would remain at the same level for most of the time and any increase in the temperatures would be slight.
On Friday, Khandwa witnessed day temperatures of 45 degree Celsius while Khargone, Naugoan and Hoshangabad recorded the highest day temperature of 45 degrees Celsius in the past 24 hours.
The night temperature in the city was recorded at 27 degrees Celsius.
Gwalior recorded day temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius which was the highest among the major cities.
Earlier, on April 30, the city recorded the day temperature at 42.7 degrees Celsius and on Friday it touched the 43 degrees Celsius-mark.
In the past 24 hours Sausar in Chhindwara district recorded 1 cm of rainfall while Jabalpur, Rewa and Gwalior witnessed light showers for brief periods.
The Met department has issued a warning of heat wave in Chambal, Gwalior, Sagar and Ujjain divisions and Rewa, Hoshangabad, Rajgarh, Khargone districts in the next 24 hours. In the past 24 hours Sagar, Hoshangabad and Bhopal divisions witnessed significant rise in temperatures.
Indore recorded day temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius and Jabalpur recorded day temperature of 43.1 degrees Celsius. Jabalpur recorded night temperature of 29 degrees Celsius.