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PUNE: The temperature in at least 14 places in the state is nearing the 40 degrees-C mark in the supposedly cool winter month of February. “After February 22, this effect may partly reduce for temporary period and the maximum temperatures could fall from that day or the next. Parts of Maharashtra may also witness this phenomenon at isolated areas during the current high temperature period. With moderately strong winds during the evening hours, dust particles get suspended in these eddies, causing a haze-like situation. Minimum temperatures, which are currently above 15 degrees C in most locations, may also marginally drop from then for a short period,” he said.Kashyapi said the topography and soil type of locations currently experiencing high day temperatures is aiding the rising mercury ..