Nashik: Hot days and humid nights seem to be back in the city after readings revealed a significant rise in daytime temperatures.For the past three to four days, the city has been registering temperatures beyond the 33-degree mark, which is at least 2 degrees higher than normal.“Nashik has been constantly recording maximum temperatures above 33 degrees Celsius. On Sunday, it was 33.3 degrees Celsius, which is three degrees above normal. Minimum temperature remains around 20 degrees Celsius mark, which continues to provide some relief for citizens during nights. But 'October heat' can be felt during the day,” R B Mankar, a senior official with the Nashik weather observatory, said.'October heat' refers to a weather phenomenon in which the region experiences warmer days and cooler nights for the first two weeks of the month, along with thundershowers. These conditions are considered as one of the most prominent signals announcing the onset of winter.This year, rain activity remained mostly weak in Nashik during the first week of October. The city received 24.1 mm rains until October 7; the monthly average is 61.70 mm. According to the weather bureau, the monsoon is withdrawing from the city, which is likely to experience one or two spells of thundershowers by October 15.“Some parts of north Maharashtra are likely to receive rains until October 15. But after that, there will be a prolonged dry spell,” added Mankar. The India Meteorological Department has been predicting rainfall at isolated places, but the withdrawing monsoon has, so far, failed to offer much rain to the north Maharashtra region. Several parts of the region are likely to experience drought-like situations soon.Private weather forecasting website, Skymet, has predicted isolated rains in the state between October 9 and 11.‘A deep depression lies over the east-central Arabian Sea and adjoining parts of the southeast Arabian sea. This system is likely to intensify and move in a west-northwestward direction,’ Skymet said as part of its forecast.

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