Temperature is expected to be two or three degree Celsius higher than the average for the month in a few places in the State till Monday, according to the India Meteorological Department.
Searing heat has engulfed some parts of the State as the day temperature climbed up several notches above normal on Friday. The weather station in Vellore recorded the day’s maximum temperature of 41.3 degree Celsius in the State. Some of the other places that sizzled on Friday were Karur Paramathi (41 degree Celsius), Tiruchi (40.7 degree Celsius), Tiruttani (40.6 degree Celsius); Salem and Erode (nearly 40 degree Celsius) and Dharmapuri (39.2 degree Celsius).
