New Delhi June 10 (IANS) Barmer and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan were the hottest places across the country on Saturday said the weather office which forecast slight rise in temperature in entire north India including Delhi over the next three-four days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) however predicted that there would be no heat wave for the next five days despite slight rise in temperature. Rains would continue at isolated places.
On Saturday the national capital recorded 39.5 degrees maximum temperature and minimum 27.4 degrees Celsius -- both as per the season s average so far.
On Sunday the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 40 degrees while there is a possibility of light rains and thundershower an IMD official said.
Temperature was about 3.1 to 5 degrees Celsius above normal in the entire northeastern region barring Sikkim.
Temperature was recorded 1.6 to 3 degrees above normal at a few places in West Bengal Sikkim Tamil Nadu Puducherry and Saurashtra and Kutch in Gujarat and at isolated places over coastal Odisha and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
However parts of Telangana and Madhya Pradesh on Saturday recorded a drop in temperature.
Temperature was markedly below normal about 5.1 degrees at isolated places in west Madhya Pradesh and Telangana; appreciably below normal about 3.1 to 5 degrees at most places in Himachal Pradesh Punjab and rest of Madhya Pradesh the IMD said.
Temperature also dropped at many places in east Rajasthan Uttarakhand coastal Andhra Pradesh and a few places over central Maharashtra Marathwada (Maharashtra) and coastal Karnataka.
Below normal about 1.6 to 3.1 degrees was also recorded at most places in Jammu and Kashmir Konkan and Goa Rayalaseema and south interior Karnataka the IMD said.
In Jharkhand and at isolated places in Bihar west Rajasthan west Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha (Maharashtra) and Kerala temperature was near normal.
The highest maximum temperatures 41.6°C was recorded in Barmer and Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) plains the weatherman said.
There will be a rise in temperature but it will not be as high as it was at the begining of the month when temperature in Delhi and Rajashtan hit 47 degrees said Mahesh Palawat Director of private weather forecaster Skymet.
Palawat added that after June 17 or 18 rains were expected which will again pull down temperature in the north-western region of the country.
On Saturday Amritsar recorded 38.3 degrees Celsius maximum temperature a notch below the season s average while Chandigarh saw 36.6 degrees; Ahmedabad saw 36.8 degrees three notches below the seaons s average; and Jammu 36 degrees and Srinagar recorded 21 degree Celsius.
Temperature rise was seen in Uttar Pradesh with the state capital Lucknow recording maximum temperature of 41.4 degrees two notches above the seaons s average while Banda district that earlier this week sizzled at 48 degrees recorded 42.4 degrees the season s average there.
--IANS
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