long wait for monsoon finally ended as monsoon has hit the State and has reached Mandla, Balaghat, Dindori and Anooppur. The south west monsoon has reached some parts of the State and is likely to spread to several parts of the State in the next 2-3 days.
An active system over Bay of Bengal has induced the monsoon movement which reached the State through Balaghat-Mandla. Alirajpur to Mandla via Badwani, Burhanpur monsoon current is active.
The monsoon is likely to arrive in the city by with in next 2-3 days told Met officials.
The city recorded day temperature at 34.4 degree Celsius and night temperature at 23 degree Celsius.
On Thursday the city witnessed normal weather conditions in the early morning hours after good rainfall in the night on Wednesday but in the afternoon the weather conditions turned hot and humid which remained till the evening and later the weather conditions turned little comforting. Dark and dense clouds appeared but failed to pour but the temperatures dipped due to changed weather conditions.
In the past 24 hours Jawra recorded 5 cm of rainfall, Budni and Khurai recorded 4 cm of rainfall, Mandsaur, Hoshangabad, Ganjbasoda, Sironj, Vidisha and Atner recorded 3 cm of rainfall, Amarkantak, Rewa, Sohagpur, Betul, Pachmari and Bhopal recorded 2 cm of rainfall.
The monsoon is likely to be normal in the state due to WD and which would induce normal rainfall in the state.
Among the major cities Indore recorded day temperature at 30.6 degree Celsius and night temperature was recorded at 25 degree Celsius, Gwalior recorded day temperature at 36 degree Celsius and night temperature at 25.9 degree Celsius and Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 36.2 degree Celsius and night temperature at 26 degree Celsius.