New Delhi May 2 : India baked under intense heat on Saturday, with maximum daytime temperatures ranging from 38-40°C across most of Vidarbha, Telangana, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Yanam. Isolated spots in West Rajasthan also scorched in this range.
Temperatures hovered between 34-38°C over the rest of the country, except cooler zones below 34°C in East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, the entire Northeast, and Western Himalayas.
Barmer in Rajasthan recorded yesterday’s highest at 44.6°C.
