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Mercury dips across Gujarat, Ahmedabad remains one of the hottest

AHMEDABAD: With strong easterly winds blowing in most parts of Gujarat on Saturday, temperatures dipped for the third consecutive day. Almost all parts of Ahmedabad experienced moderate to strong winds in the afternoon and evening hours.

However, Ahmedabad remained one of the hottest places in the state a with maximum temperature of 41.7 degrees celsius.

Surendranagar was the hottest place in the state at 41.8C. While the maximum temperature for the city was at par with the normal, the minimum temperature of 29.7C was two degrees higher, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials.

“No large change in maximum temperature very likely over the region during next three days,” the IMD forecast. On Sunday, the maximum temperature is likely to remain around 41C in Ahmedabad.

For the next four days, the IMD has forecast light rain/thundershowers in places such as Surat, Narmada, Bharuch, Valsad, Navsari, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Gir Somnath, Junagadh along with Union Territories of Diu, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. IMD officials termed this pre-monsoon activity.

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