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Patna Meteorological Centre has asked locals to be prepared for a hot summer.
After ‘warmer’ winter, residents should brace for a hotter onset of the summer season from March 1 as temperature level is being recorded several notches higher than normal at most places in the state.
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Patna Meteorological Centre has asked locals to be prepared for a hot summer.
After ‘warmer’ winter, residents should brace for a hotter onset of the summer season from March 1 as temperature level is being recorded several notches higher than normal at most places in the state.
The maximum temperature in Patna was recorded at 32.6 degrees C on Thursday, five notches higher than normal.
Even the minimum temperature in the state capital was three notches higher than normal.
Gaya in south Bihar was even hotter with a maximum temperature of 33.2 degrees C.
Sanjay Kumar, a meteorologist at Patna Meteorological Centre, said maximum and minimum temperatures at most places in the state are being recorded higher than normal.
He said the current trend of above-normal temperature is likely to continue over at least the next one week.
“The reason for above-normal temperature is a clear sky and dry westerly winds.
The westerly winds have cleared the lower level of atmosphere, leading to maximum penetration of solar radiation.