The temperature is rising in Chhattisgarh as the rains stop. There are indications of increase in temperature for the next 3 days. The humidity in the season has come down to 71 per cent. According to the Meteorological Department, there was 80 percent cloud cover in the capital Raipur on Friday.
It has not rained for the last two days, due to which there has not been much change in the temperature. The highest temperature of 34.2 degrees Celsius has been recorded in Raigarh. The temperature was 33.4 degrees in Janjgir, 33.3 degrees in Mungeli. The maximum temperature in Raipur was 33 degree Celsius. Bilaspur recorded 32.8, Pendrarod 29.5, Ambikapur 30.7, Jagdalpur 33.4, Durg 30.8 and Rajnandgaon 33 degrees Celsius. According to the Meteorological Department, it will be partly cloudy in Raipur today. The maximum temperature here will be 35 degree Celsius and the minimum temperature will be 26 degree Celsius.
It may rain in Bastar and Surguja
According to the Meteorological Department, there may be rain in Surguja and Bastar divisions and adjoining areas in the next 24 hours. There is a cyclonic circulation over South Uttar Pradesh. From north-west Rajasthan to Nagaland, there is a Dronika at a height of 0.9 km.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted normal Monsoon conditions throughout the country during the month of July, except for East Uttar Pradesh and South Bihar. But the temperature is likely to remain above average for the entire month. At least 16 states and union territories received deficient rainfall in June. States like Bihar and Kerala recorded a huge shortfall of 69 per cent and 60 per cent from the normal. Large states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana also received below normal rainfall in June, the first month of the southwest monsoon season. Chhattisgarh has recorded 13 percent less rainfall in the month of June.
