Maharashtra continued to experience above-normal temperatures on Friday, with Yavatmal recording the state’s highest maximum temperature at 37.8 degrees Celsius, 6.1 degrees above normal, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) bulletin dated October 16.

Amravati recorded the second-highest maximum temperature at 37.4 degrees Celsius, 4.5 degrees above normal, followed by Solapur at 37 degrees Celsius, 4.2 degrees above normal. Jalgaon recorded 36.8 degrees Celsius, 2.5 degrees above normal, while Santacruz in Mumbai and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar both recorded 36.7 degrees Celsius. The temperature at Santacruz was 3 degrees above normal, while Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar recorded a departure of 4.8 degrees.