Weather looks up after rains in state, Kota records 40.9°C

Jaipur: Though there was a rise in minimum and maximum temperatures, weather again took a pleasant turn when mild to moderate showers began on Monday evening at many places in the state.

In Jaipur, a minimum temperature of 28.7 °C was recorded, which was almost 7 degrees more when compared to Sunday. Even in the afternoon, clear sky gave an impression that heat wave conditions would revive.

However, evening brought surprise with mild to moderate showers in almost every part of the city. Many people in the city also spotted rainbow while drizzles brought down the temperatures. “The impact of this rainfall would be witnessed on Tuesday when we are expecting a dip of almost 5 °C in the day and night temperatures,” said an officer with the Jaipur Met office.

Attributing the weather change to the active western disturbances and upper air cyclonic circulation, a Met official said that till Wednesday mercury will continue to take an upward swing. This year, so far, rain and hail storm has been regular in the state in the month of April and May. “Except for five days when temperatures were rising when Churu touched 50.0 °C and Jaipur witnessed 45.0 °C, the weather mainly remained pleasant in the state,” said an officer.

Kota remained hottest in the state where a maximum temperature of 40.9 °C was recorded, followed by 40.0 °C in Jaisalmer. Rainfall was witnessed in the western districts including Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur and Churu and also in eastern Rajasthan including Jaipur, Dausa, Karauli and Sawai Madhopur. Except for Kota and Jaisalmer, majority of the places witnessed maximum temperatures below 40.0 °C.