For the first time in the season mercury crossed 43 degrees in 5 cities Damoh, Tikamgarh, Khajuraho, Satna and Nowgong. The hottest place was 43.7 degrees Celsius recorded in  Nowgong.

 The mercury was recorded at 43 degrees in Damoh, Tikamgarh-Khajuraho and 43.2 degrees in Satna. Due to this, hot winds were witnessed. Earlier, nights had also been hot in many cities.

The Meteorological Department has also issued an alert of extreme heat on Tuesday. On the other hand, there was drizzle in Chhindwara on Monday.

According to the Meteorological Department, 42 degrees Celsius was recorded in Shivpuri, 42.2 degrees in Mandla, 42.4 degrees in Sidhi, 42.4 degrees in Malajkhand, 42.5 degrees in Khandwa and 42.6 degrees Celsius in Rewa. Narsinghpur, Shajapur, Raisen and Dhar recorded 40 degrees Celsius. Whereas in Ratlam, Seoni, Umaria, Sagar, Guna and Khargone the temperature was recorded at 41 degrees or more.

In the big cities, the temperature was 40.7 degrees in Bhopal, 39.3 degrees in Indore, 42 degrees in Gwalior, 40.9 degrees in Jabalpur and 40.5 degrees Celsius in Ujjain.

There is an alert of heat wave, rain and cloud cover in Madhya Pradesh for the next 4 days i.e. till May 9. Heat wave will prevail in the districts of Malwa-Nimar i.e. Indore-Ujjain division, while there will be drizzle and clouds in the eastern part. On Monday, there may be drizzle in 20 cities including Jabalpur, Chhindwara.

Earlier, the day temperature in 7 cities of the state crossed 42 degrees. The mercury was recorded at 43.2 degrees in Satna. At the same time, there were a total of 27 cities where the temperature was recorded more than 40 degrees. For the first time in the season, there was so much heat in the state.

IMD Bhopal said, currently a Western Disturbance is active over Iran. At the same time, there are also two cyclonic circulations and trough lines. Due to all this, clouds are also appearing. There may be drizzle in some districts on May 6. Yellow alert has been issued for this.

There is a heat wave alert in Western Madhya Pradesh on May 7. In some districts of the eastern part, there may be light rain and strong wind along with thunderstorms.Thunderstorm conditions will persist on May 8-9 also. Such weather in the state for next 3 days.

In the next 24 hours heat waves will prevail in Ujjain, Ratlam, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Jhabua, Dhar, Barwani, Khargone and Khandwa. There will be strong wind, light rain and cloudy weather in Chhindwara, Pandhurna, Seoni, Balaghat, Mandla, Dindori, Umaria, Anuppur, Rewa.