By IANS
New Delhi : It felt like a midsummer day in India’s financial capital Thursday as the mercury rose to 37 degrees Celsius, a full six degrees above normal. People in northern India too have started to feel the heat as ground realities belie thermometer readings.
Panaji was almost as hot at 36 degrees, nearly five degrees above normal, while Nagpur and Pune saw highs 32 and 36 degrees respectively.
The maximum temperature in the national capital Thursday was around 27 degrees, as it has been for the last few days, but people felt the heat more, thanks to a clear sky.
The minimum temperature was around 10 degrees, making for a slight nip in the air.
The marked difference in the day and night temperatures was seen all over northern India. Lucknow saw the mercury swing between 27 and nine degrees.
The Met office has forecast the heat rising in northern and western India in the coming days.
The following were the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Thursday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
Delhi 27.6 (+2) 10.0 (0) Nil
Mumbai 37.6 (+6) 16.6 (-1) Nil
Chennai 31.7 (+1) 21.5 (-1) Nil
Kolkata 29.5 (-2) 16.6 (-1) Nil
Ahmedabad 32.2 (-1) 12.5 (-3) Nil
Bangalore 30.6 (0) 16.0 (-1) Nil
Bhopal 30.0 (0) 12.2 (-2) Nil
Bhubaneswar 31.0 (-2) 18.5 (-2) Nil
Chandigarh 27.0 (+2) 9.2 (-2) Nil
Dehradun 25.0 (+2) 10.8 (+2) Nil
Panaji 36.1 (+5) 20.5 (-1) Nil
Guwahati 27.3 (-1) 12.7 (0) Nil
Hyderabad 34.0 (+1) 17.5 (-1) Nil
Jaipur 30.2 (+1) 10.4 (-2) Nil
Lucknow 27.0 (0) 9.5 (-2) Nil
Nagpur 32.8 (-1) 14.0 (-3) Nil
Patna 27.4 (-1) 11.9 (-3) Nil
Pune 34.0 (+1) 12.3 (-1) Nil
Srinagar 15.6 (+6) 0.0 (-1) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram 35.7 (+4) 25.2 (+2) Nil