At 46.7°C, Nagpur hottest city in India

 

Nagpur: Severe heat wave conditions continued to prevail across Vidarbha and Nagpur in Maharashtra with the season's highest temperature so far at 46.7 degrees Celsius being recorded in Nagpur, which was 0.3 degrees more than what was recorded on Thursday.
   This temperature is 5 degrees above normal, making Nagpur the hottest place in not just the state but also in the country.
   Weathermen at regional meteorological centre in the city say that the mercury may remain high for just a day more or so. Most cities in the region continued to have temperatures at least 4 degrees above normal.
   After Nagpur, the highest temperature in the region was recorded at Brahmapuri at 45.9 degrees followed by Wardha at 45.8 degrees. Chandrapur was next at 45.6 degrees while Amravati recorded 45.2 degrees.
   Gondia and Yavatmal were relatively less hot at 44.2 and 44.1 degrees while temperature in Akola was recorded at 43.9 degrees.