Hyderabad-Karnataka and parts of Bombay-Karnataka continued to reel under the severe heat wave with the mercury breaching the 43 degrees Celsius mark in Kalaburagi as per the summary of observations recorded by the India Meteorological Department at 8.30 a.m. on Friday.
There was a sudden drop in temperature below the normal level in parts of Hyderabad-Karnataka owing to changes in weather conditions on Wednesday. The district recorded 33 degrees Celsius, 8 degrees Celsius below the normal temperature.
Sources in the department told The Hindu that the State’s maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius was recorded in Kalaburagi on Thursday.
Other regions
Raichur recorded a maximum temperature of 41.5 degrees Celsius followed by Vijayapura with 41.2 degrees Celsius.
Ballari also continued to face a heat wave with a maximum temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, while Koppal and Gadag recorded maximum temperatures of 39 degrees Celsius and 38.2 degrees Celsius respectively.
There was also an increase in the minimum temperature in many parts of the region with Kalaburagi recording 28.3 degrees Celsius, which is highest minimum temperature in the State.
Raichur recorded 28.6 degrees Celsius.
