Rajasthan: Due to the heat wave in Barmer, the mercury reached 43.2 degree Celsius.
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- Heat wave conditions likely to prevail over parts of Rajasthan, West MP
- During the next 24 hours, there is a possibility of severe heat wave conditions at isolated places over West Rajasthan.
- Rajasthan’s Barmer recorded the highest temperature in the whole of India at 43.2 degree Celsius.
Heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and parts of Vidarbha, Gujarat and Telangana during the next 48 hours, while isolated heat wave conditions are very likely to occur at isolated places. Western Rajasthan during the next 24 hours, the IMD said on Friday (March 18).
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Rajasthan’s Barmer recorded the highest temperature across India at 43.2 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Churu and Jodhpur recorded 42.2 °C, 42 °C, 41.8 °C and 41 °C respectively, while Ajmer and Jaipur recorded day temperatures of 39.9 °C and 38.2 °C respectively. .
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It said heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in the state on Saturday while some relief is likely from Sunday.
Maximum temperatures were above normal (5.1 degree Celsius or more) at many places in Punjab and East Rajasthan in Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Assam and Meghalaya. At some places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and at isolated places over Saurashtra, Kutch and West Madhya Pradesh.
Maximum temperatures were significantly above normal (3.1°C to 5°C) at most places in Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat and Vidarbha, above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places in Chhattisgarh, Telangana Celsius) was higher. and at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Rayalaseema, Coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala and Mahe.
The IMD also said, under the influence of a fresh Western Disturbance, there is a possibility of scattered rainfall over the Western Himalayan region till March 21, accompanied by thunder/lightning on March 19 and 20. There is a possibility of isolated hailstorm in Uttarakhand on Saturday.
Light rain very likely over Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, and Coastal and South Interior Karnataka during the next five days, Rayalaseema and North Interior Karnataka from March 20 to 22, and at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Chances are. 21 and 22 March.
Also, the national capital today recorded its air quality index (AQI) at 190 in the medium category, said the SAFAR India air quality service. The average concentrations of PM 2.5 and PM 10 were 190 and 153 respectively.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe.
(with inputs from agencies)
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