Lucknow, Apr 27 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh’s Banda was the hottest place in the country, as the maximum temperature touched 47.6 degrees Celsius, 5.4 degrees above normal, the meteorological department said on Monday.
Apart from Banda, Jhansi, with a maximum temperature of 45.2 degrees Celsius — 3.3 degrees above normal — also figured in the list of cities across India, where the maximum temperature breached the 45 degrees Celsius mark.
Heatwave conditions got confined to Jhansi, Orai and Banda in the Bundelkhand region of southern Uttar Pradesh. Banda with 47.6 degrees Celsius recorded its highest ever temperature in the Month of April, surpassing its previous record of 47.4 degrees Celsius recorded on April 30, 2022 and April 25, 2026, the meteorological department said in a statement on Monday.
State capital Lucknow recorded a high of 40.8 degrees Celsius (0.8 degrees above normal) and a low of 24.8 degrees Celsius (1.7 degrees above normal).
The places in Uttar Pradesh, where the mercury breached the 44 degrees Celsius mark were — Agra 44.4 degrees Celsius, Prayagraj, Hamirpur and Orai, each recording a high of 44.2 degrees Celsius.
The Met department also said that thunderstorms accompanied by lightning/gusty winds are very likely at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh as well as eastern Uttar Pradesh. PTI NAV SHS SHS
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