Pune feels October heat as temperature touches 34 degrees
Pune is feeling the October heat soon after the monsoon’s withdrawal, with the maximum temperature reaching 34 degrees Celsius on Friday.
The minimum was recorded at 22.5 degrees, bringing warmer conditions during both day and night. Temperatures had stayed between 30 and 32 degrees earlier in the week before rising by about a degree on Friday.
The India Meteorological Department has forecast a further rise on Saturday, with the maximum expected to touch 35 degrees and the minimum around 22 degrees. Warm conditions are likely to continue over the weekend.
The city recorded 736.2 mm of rainfall between June and September, but distribution was highly uneven. July alone brought 523.6 mm, while September saw just 64.1 mm at Shivajinagar, the lowest September figure since 2018.
The IMD expects maximum temperatures to remain 1 to 2 degrees above the seasonal average through October.
IMD officials said the city will continue to see mostly dry and warm conditions through the weekend.
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