Nagpur: After the hot spell in the end of May, Nagpurians are enjoying some lovely weather, giving the feel of a hill station.
Temperatures have dropped to below 30 degrees Celsius — a deviation of more than 10 degrees. The city has already received 19% of average rainfall for the month of June.
According to the officials of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Nagpur, the city has received around 31.3 millimetres (mm) rain this month till now. The normal rainfall for the city for the month of June is 166.3mm. “The month has just started. More rainfall is expected in the coming days,” officials said.
Officials stated that a cyclonic circulation lying over east Vidarbha and neighbourhood, up to 0.9 kilometres above mean sea level is leading to rains.
Heavy rains lashed the city on Friday night, and then again on Saturday afternoon. By evening, the city recorded 3.5mm rains.
The maximum temperature of Nagpur came down to 35.3 degree Celsius, which was more than 6 degrees below the normal mercury levels. The minimum temperature was 22.8 degree Celsius. The lowest maximum temperature was recorded in Chandrapur at 32.9 degree Celsius.
As per RMC’s forecast, cloudy weather with spells of rainfall is expected till June 12. The overall seasonal rainfall is likely to be 103% over Central India. “The beginning of monsoon is not expected before June 10,” officials stated.
As per the met department’s forecast bulletin, southwest monsoon has advanced in some parts of interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.