Scorching heat has peaked as day temperature was recorded at 47 degree celsius in Nowgong making weather conditions unbearable, no respite in the extreme weather conditions forecasted by Met department.
Bhopal recorded day at 43.8 degree celsius while night recorded 29.3 degree celsius. Uneasiness prevailed in the current set of weather conditions with day and night temperatures soaring high for past few days.
The pre-monsoon rainfall halted due to change in systems making weather conditions extreme hot in the past 5-6 days. On Saturday, the mercury was recorded at 46.5 degree celsius in Nowgong, Gwalior recorded day temperature at 45.4 degree celsius.
According to the Meteorological Department, there will be a possibility of heat like this for a week. Among the top three hot cities of the country, Nowgong was second and Gwalior was third.
Monsoon activity could be witnessed only after June 10 while possibility of rain in Madhya Pradesh would be only after June 16. At present pace of monsoon has slowed down considerably. In such a situation, it has been able to reach only Karnataka by moving beyond Kerala.
The Meteorological Department said that there is a possibility of heat wave for the next three days. Heat wave will prevail in Nowgong, Gwalior, Datia, Chhatarpur and Khajuraho.
In some areas, including Bhopal, there were light clouds since Sunday morning, but it failed to pour, some relief is provided from the heat. Chhindwara, Seoni, Balaghat, Damoh, Sagar, Raisen, Sehore and Narmadapur witnessed light cloud covers.
Met told possibility of heat wave in 10 cities of the state, Rajgarh, Gwalior, Datia, Damoh, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Niwari and Betul districts due to increase in day temperatures.