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April 15, 1999 ELECTIONS '98 |
Temperature soars, Madras sweltersMadras had no respite from heat wave conditions Thursday, with Nungambakkam in the heart of the city soaring to 41.6 degrees Celsius. The temperature in the suburban Meenambakkam recorded 42.5 degree Celsius, the highest so far this year. Strong westerly winds were the reason for the sudden surge during the last two days. The last time the city witnessed such heat condition was in 1991 April. Severe heat wave conditions also prevailed in Assam, Manipur, north Tamil Nadu coast and in parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh. Heat wave conditions prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir and in the remaining parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh and in parts of east Madhya Pradesh. Day temperatures were appreciably above normal in Orissa, Bihar, hills of west Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, south Tamil Nadu and in the remaining parts of east Madhya Pradesh and in parts of the plains of Uttar Pradesh, Saurashtra and of Vidarbha. They were above normal in parts of east Uttar Pradesh and of north Tamil Nadu. They were appreciably below normal in parts of central Maharashtra, and were below normal in parts of west Rajasthan and Gujarat region. They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunchal Pradesh and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim from where the data were sparse. Rain or thundershowers occurred at most places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, at many places in Assam and Meghalaya, at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and at isolated places in Kerala. Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country. Rain or snow is likely at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers are likely at many places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunchal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya and at isolated places in south Tamil Nadu and south Kerala. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.
Temperatures (deg C)
Max Min
Agartala 36(+1) 26(+4)
Ahmedabad 38(-1) 20(-3)
Allahabad 41(+3) 22
Amritsar 35(+2) 11(-5)
Aurangabad 37(-1) 23(+1)
Bangalore 35(+2) 21
Bareilly 40(+4) 20
Bhopal 38(+1) 19(-2)
Bhubaneshwar 41(+3) 27(+2)
Bombay 32 25
Calcutta 37(+1) 28(+3)
Chandigarh 38(+4) 20(+1)
Dehra Dun 34(+3) 15(-1)
Dibrugarh 36(+8) 22(+3)
Gadag 37 20(-2)
Gangtok 23(+2) 14(+2)
Guwahati 37(+5) 24(+4)
Hyderabad 40(+3) 25(+2)
Imphal 36(+7) 19(+4)
Indore 38(+1) 17(-3)
Jabalpur 40(+3) 21(+2)
Jaipur 35(-1) 18(-2)
Jodhpur 37(-1) 14(-8)
Kanyakumari 34(+3) 27(+1)
Lucknow 40(+2) 19(-1)
Madras 42(+7) 28(+2)
Madurai 40(+4) 27(+2)
Mangalore 34 25
Minicoy 34(+3) 27(+1)
Nagpur 43(+4) 27(+4)
New Delhi 35(-1) 18(-2)
Panaji 32(-1) 24(-1)
Patna 41(+3) 21(-1)
Pune 35(-2) 19
Port Blair 31(-1) 23(-1)
Rajkot 38 22(+1)
Raipur 43(+4) 27(+2)
Shillong 26(+2) 17(+3)
Shimla 23(+4) 13(+2)
Srinagar 25(+6) 6(-1)
Thiruvananthapuram 34(+2) 25
Tiruchirapalli 39(+2) 27(+1)
Varanasi 41(+3) 22
Vishakhapatnam 37(+4) 30(+4)
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