Temperature in Anantapur city shot up to 43.1 degrees Celsius on Thursday afternoon, recording the 2022 Summer season’s highest so far, and it literally sent people scurrying home for cool shelter.
The only saving grace was lack of power cuts, which had become a common occurrence during the past 20 days. The normal day’s highest temperature for April in Anantapur is 39.4 degrees C., but this sudden 4 degrees variance made people feel a change.
While people remained indoors in the afternoon, children returning from schools had a tough time past noon due to the morning classes for summer. While thin clouds were visible in the morning, by afternoon the mercury rose suddenly and remained at 40 degrees even at 6 p.m. with hot wind blowing from the western side.
