By IANS
Nagpur : High temperatures continued to prevail in Nagpur and most other parts of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra Sunday even as people awaited the arrival of monsoon three days after the date it normally sets in.
The city recorded a maximum temperature of 42.0 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 25.8 degrees Saturday, the met office here said. There will be little change in the day and night temperatures Monday, the weatherman said.
The temperatures had risen above 44 degrees last month and after a drop of six degrees, peaked again to 43 degrees in the first week of June. The maximum temperature recorded in the city last year was 46.1 degrees.
People are hoping for early respite from the sweltering heat in this central Indian region.
While a rainfall of 6.6 mm amid strong winds was recorded in the city Saturday and though it did not rain Sunday till evening, partly cloudy sky with a chance of thundershower was forecast for Monday.
The delay in the arrival of monsoon, which was earlier predicted to set in about a week before the normal date of June 7, has been attributed to the severe cyclonic storm Gonu that hit the gulf of Oman earlier in the week.