BENGALURU: For the first time, Bengaluru saw maximum temperature exceed 40 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. The temperature recorded at a Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) station in Chowdeshwari ward, Yelahanka zone, was 40.6 degrees Celsius.
It is the highest temperature ever recorded in the city, surpassing the 38.9 degrees Celsius registered on May 22, 1931. Maximum temperature for the month of April was also recorded in the same year on April 30, at 38.3 degrees.
Speaking to Express, G S Sreenivas Reddy, director, KSNDMC, said that out of the 14 stations in Bengaluru urban limits, six stations registered maximum temperatures above 39 degrees Celsius.
“The average temperatures in the city has been above 38 degrees Celsius,” he said.
The forecast for the next week is also grim. “The probability of showers is less for the region. It is likely that the city will record temperatures around 41 degrees during the week,” Reddy said.
The situation was worse in parts of North Karnataka, where maximum temperature reached 44 degrees Celsius in parts of Raichur district.
According to KSNDMC data, two-third (20) of the districts in the state recorded maximum temperatures exceeding 40 degrees. Six of them were above 41 degrees and three above 43 degrees (Raichur, Kalaburagi and Ballari).
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