Patna records year’s highest temperature, Aurangabad hottest in Bihar at 42.3 degrees Celsius

PATNA: The state capital witnessed the highest maximum temperature of the year on Tuesday as the corresponding reading stood at 41.2 degree C.
Aurangabad remained the hottest place in the state with the maximum temperature at 42.3 degrees C. Bhagalpur was the second hottest place with 41.4 degrees C. Similarly, the maximum temperature at Chhapra and Gaya were recorded at 40.6 degrees C and 40.9 degrees C, respectively.
Weathermen claimed that the maximum temperature has been hovering in the range of 37- 41 degrees C at most places in the state.
Any respite from the hot weather is unlikely at least over the next couple of days as gradual 1 to 2 degrees C rise in day temperature is expected during the next 48 hours. However, Patna Meteorological Centre has predicted isolated thundershowers on Thursday and Friday in east Bihar. It is expected to bring the temperature slightly down across the state.
Aarti Gupta, a metereologist at Patna Meteorological Centre, said on Tuesday that a rising trend has been witnessed in the last two to three days owing to warm westerly winds blowing at most places in the region. “Maximum temperature has been in the range of 38-41 degrees C,” she said, adding that day temperature is expected to rise on Wednesday as well along with dry weather condition.
However, people in east Bihar can expect some respite from the scorching heat for a couple of days from Thursday. “Mixing of dry westerly and moist easterly winds in the eastern parts of the state is likely to lead to formation of clouds along with slight drop in temperature. One or two places are likely to witness formation of thunderclouds along with lightning and light rain,” Gupta said.
The districts where thunderstorms along with lightning at one or two places have been predicted on Thursday and Friday include Kishanganj, Supaul, Madhepura, Saharsa, Araria, Purnia, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Khagaria and Jamui.
Such weather during peak summer season is locally called ‘Kalbaisakhi’ and Nor’wester in meteorological parlance. It occurs following moisture incursion amid high temperature condition.