After coldest night, Indore sees hottest day of Sept in decade

Indore: After recording its coldest Sept night in a decade, Indore on Wednesday registered its hottest Sept day in 10 years, as clear skies pushed the maximum temperature to 35 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees above normal. Tuesday’s maximum was 34.3 degrees Celsius, 1 degree above normal.The highest maximum temperature recorded in the city in the month was 37.4 degrees Celsius on Sept 27, 1987.On Tuesday, the city recorded its lowest night temperature for Sept in a decade after mercury dropped to 16.6 degrees Celsius.Despite rising daytime temperatures, the night remained relatively cool on Wednesday, with the minimum settling at 18.9 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal. The city received no rain during the day. At 5.30 pm, the temperature was 30.8 degrees Celsius and relative humidity was 44%.Conditions are gradually becoming favourable for the southwest monsoon to withdraw from the remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh over the next two to three days, IMD Bhopal meteorologist Arun Sharma said.The withdrawal line currently passes through Gurdaspur, Chandigarh, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Dholpur, Udaipur, Deesa and Naliya, among other locations. The monsoon is likely to withdraw from the remaining parts of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and most of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in the next two to three days, the weather department said. Further withdrawal is expected from all of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.The Met department has forecast a gradual two- to three-degree rise in maximum temperature over the next two days, followed by no significant change. With clear skies and the monsoon retreating, maximum temperatures in Indore may remain elevated in the coming days. The contrast between warm afternoons and cooler nights is likely to continue as the seasonal weather pattern changes.You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Indore | Silver Rate in Indore | Bank Holidays in Indore | Public Holidays in Indore | Petrol Price in Indore | Diesel Price in Indore | CNG Price in Indore | LPG Price in IndoreStay updated with the latest Indore news. Download the TOI App.