Heavy rains lashed the State capital on Thursday.
The warm and humid afternoon was followed by dense cloud cover and downpour in the city leading to a pleasant evening for city residents. Traffic jams and water logged roads which are among the after effects of rainfall were witnessed at several places and power supply was disrupted at several places in the city which resumed only after few hours.
The day temperature in the state capital witnessed a steep fall and was recorded at 33.4 degree Celsius which was 5 degree Celsius below the normal temperature. The minimum temperature in Bhopal was recorded at 21.8 degree Celsius. Gwalior recorded day temperature at 39.2 degree Celsius which was the highest temperature among the major cities of the state and minimum of 27.4 degree Celsius. Indore recorded a maximum temperature of 31.4 degree Celsius and minimum temperature of 23 degree Celsius. Jabalpur recorded a maximum of 35.5 degree Celsius and minimum of 24 degree Celsius.
Khajuraho recorded the highest day temperature at 41 degree Celsius. With the State capital receiving 7 cm of rainfall on Thursday the met department issued warning of heavy rainfall in Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Indore and Jabalpur divisions in the next 48 hours. The financial capital of the state Indore witnessed the highest amount of rainfall on Thursday at 16 cm while Jabalpur recorded 11 cm of rainfall. The Jabalpur, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Indore, Ujjain, Sagar, Shahdol and Rewa are likely to receive rainfall and thundershowers in the next 24 hours. The Nainpur and Seoni regions received 8 cm of rainfall on Thursday. lakhnadon received 5 cm of rainfall while Chhindwara received 4 cm of rainfall. Hoshanagabad region recorded 8 cm of rainfall on Thursday.