Kanpur: For the past two days, the city witnessed a rise in day temperature, much above then normal value. Wednesday turned out to be a much warm day, taking denizens by surprise.
In 48 hours, day temperature rose from 21.6 degree Celsius to an abnormal high of 28.2 degrees on Wednesday. This was a whopping 8.2 degrees more than the normal value. Bright sunshine made it difficult to sit under the sun.
On Tuesday, the day temperature recorded was at 26.8 degrees Celsius while on January 1, the day temperature recorded was 18.4 degrees Celsius which shot by over 10 degree in five days. Also the minimum temperature, which had slipped a record low of 2.8 degree, rose upto 15 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
However, the minimum temperature dropped on Wednesday and was recorded at 11 degrees Celsius, however, it was still four degrees above the normal value.
Met department stated that cloud cover will prevail in the city but there were no chances of rain. Rains and cloud cover, led to an increase in the minimum temperature, as per the Met department.
The change in the wind direction caused the increase in the day temperature. While the wind slowed down on Wednesday in comparison to Tuesday, wind direction changed from North East to North West on Wednesday.