March temperatures continued to be too hot to handle as Kalaburagi recorded the maximum temperature of 40.4 degree Celsius on Thursday, which was two degrees more than normal.
Though Kalaburagi’s mean maximum temperature for March is 37.8 degree Celsius, the district recorded 43 degree Celsius on March 31, 1996. As is the trend for many other parts of the State, it has also recorded its highest temperatures in the last 10 years - between 2012 and 2021.
Bengaluru too was a degree above normal - at 34.8 degree Celsius. The all-time March temperature record for the city was 37.3 degree Celsius on March 29, 1996. Its daily mean maximum temperature is 33.1 degree Celsius.
