Madhya Pradesh continued to reel under intense heat as Khajuraho and Gwalior recorded a maximum temperature of 43.4 degree Celsius on Thursday, while the State capital Bhopal also recorded the highest temperature of the season at 42.7 deg C. The day temperature has crossed 40 degree mark in all the regions of the State, besides the night temperature has also started soaring across the State. The day temperature of the State capital was recorded at maximum 42.7 deg C, slightly up from Wednesday’s 41.2 deg C.
There was no respite in the night temperature also as the minimum temperature was recorded at 27 deg C.
Khajuraho and Gwalior remained hottest in the State as the maximum temperature recorded at these cities was of 43.4 deg C. The weather conditions are going to remain humid and dry in the next 24 hours, according to the forecast.
The financial capital of the State, Indore, recorded day temperature at 40.3 deg C. However, the night temperature was quite pleasing at 23.8 deg C. Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 42.1 deg C and the minimum recorded in this cultural capital of the city was 26.6 deg C.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in other parts of the State were Guna 42.3 and 26.2, Gwalior 43.4 and 24.3, Hoshangabad 42.9 and 24, Indore 40.3 and 23.8, Khajuraho 43.4 and 25, Jabalpur 42.1 and 26.6, Sagar 42.8 and 25 and Satna 43.3 and 26.6 deg C.
The current warm winds in the city are not heat waves as such and the heat wave will arrive only in due course, clarified the Met officials.
The temperature in the State capital first crossed the 40 deg C mark on April 16 when it was recorded 40.2 deg C, on April 25 it reached 40.8 and on April 26 it crossed the 41 degree mark and was recorded at 41.7 deg C while on April 27, it crossed the 42 mark and was recorded 42.1 deg C.