A.P. continues to grapple with intense heat as 95 mandals record above 42°C

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A antheral   carries aerial  coolers connected  his two-wheeler for repairs arsenic  the temperatures soar, successful  Vijayawada connected  Saturday.

A antheral carries aerial coolers connected his two-wheeler for repairs arsenic the temperatures soar, successful Vijayawada connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO

Despite a flimsy driblet successful temperatures compared to earlier this week, erstwhile the mercury levels exceeded 45 degrees Celsius people successful galore areas, Andhra Pradesh continues to reel nether the aggravated heat.

According to Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA), 95 of the full 688 mandals successful the State recorded temperatures supra 42°C connected Saturday, with the day’s highest of 45.8°C being recorded astatine Kanumolu successful Krishna district.

Some places which recorded temperatures supra 42°C included Makavarapalem successful Anakapalli territory (45.5°C), Kukkunoor successful Eluru, Kunavaram successful Polavaram and Srinagar successful Palnadu districts (45°C), Torragudipadu successful NTR territory (44.6°C), Chityala successful East Godavari (44.3°C), agrarian areas successful Visakhapatnam territory (42.8°C), Ramarajupalem successful Alluri Sitharama Raju and Kotananduru successful Kakinada territory (42.6°C), Nandanamarella successful Markapuram territory (42.5°C), Kondapi successful Prakasam (42.4°C) and Rayapudi successful Guntur territory (42.3°C).

Several districts successful the North Andhra and Rayalaseema regions received airy to mean showers connected Saturday. Siddharam Puram successful Anantapur territory recorded 37.5 mm rainfall betwixt 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to real-time information disposable with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. A fewer places successful Anakapalli, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Visakhapatnam besides received precise airy to airy rainfall.

On Sunday, terrible heatwave conditions are apt to prevail successful 21 mandals, portion heatwave conditions whitethorn impact 214 mandals, according to the APSDMA.

Meanwhile, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Amaravati, aggregate upwind systems are brewing, which whitethorn power the upwind successful the State.

There is simply a trough from the precocious aerial cyclonic circulation implicit southwest Bihar to northbound coastal Andhra Pradesh crossed Jharkhand, northbound Chhattisgarh, and interior Odisha astatine 0.9 km supra mean oversea level, and determination is an precocious aerial cyclonic circulation implicit the southeast Bay of Bengal. This whitethorn bring airy showers, accompanied with lightning and thunderstorms, successful coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema successful the adjacent week.

However, upwind experts consciousness that the thunderstorm and rainfall enactment whitethorn hap successful isolated places, and not beryllium widespread. The remainder of the State whitethorn proceed to grounds precocious temperatures for the adjacent 3 to 4 days.

Published - May 23, 2026 10:01 p.m. IST

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