Banda hottest in UP; Lucknow at 42.9°C

• Banda recorded 47.4°C on Tuesday, the hottest in Uttar Pradesh.
• Other cities like Orai and Jhansi saw temperatures above 45°C.
• Met office warns of heatwaves and warm nights across the state.

Lucknow, May 26 (PTI) Banda, where the mercury climbed to 47.4 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees above normal, remained the hottest place in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, the met office said.

The state capital Lucknow

recorded a maximum temperature of 42.9 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 28.3 degrees Celsius, it said.

Orai recorded the maximum temperature of 45.8 degrees Celsius, followed by Jhansi 45.5 degrees Celsius, Prayagraj 45.4 degrees Celsius, Agra 45.3 degrees Celsius, and Hamirpur 45.2 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said.

It also warned that a heatwave to severe heatwave is very likely at isolated places during daytime over parts of Uttar Pradesh.

Warm nights are very likely at isolated places over the state, the meteorological department said. PTI NAV SHS SHS