Lucknow, Apr 24 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh witnessed the mercury crossing the 40-degree mark at several places on Friday, with the maximum temperature in the state capital, Lucknow, hitting 42.5 degrees Celsius, 3.4 degrees above the season’s normal.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 22.6 degrees Celsius, according to the meteorological department.
Barring Najibabad (39 degrees Celsius) and Muzaffarnagar (39.8 degrees Celsius), other places in the state saw the day temperatures rising above 40 degrees Celsius.
Prayagraj was the hottest place in the district, where the mercury touched a high of 45.2 degrees Celsius, 4.6 degrees above normal. This was followed by Varanasi (44.3 degrees Celsius), Banda (44.2 degrees Celsius) and Agra (44 degrees Celsius).
Meanwhile, the Met department has forecast clear skies in Lucknow and its neighbourhood on Saturday.
It has predicted the maximum and minimum temperatures to be around 43 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively, with the likelihood of a heat wave.
The weather is likely to remain dry over the state, it was forecast.
The Met department has also said that the heat wave is very likely at isolated places during the daytime in western Uttar Pradesh and at a few places in the eastern parts of the state, while a warm night is very likely at isolated places in western Uttar Pradesh. PTI NAV RUK RUK
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