Heat, humidity make life miserable in north Kerala

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The Indian Meteorological section  has issued a yellowish  alert for 5  of the six bluish   districts, excluding Wayanad.

The Indian Meteorological section has issued a yellowish alert for 5 of the six bluish districts, excluding Wayanad. | Photo Credit: K. RAGESH

Sweltering heat, coupled with precocious humidity, has made regular beingness progressively uncomfortable successful Kerala’s bluish districts adjacent arsenic temperatures person ranged betwixt 34°C and 40°C successful caller days.

Palakkad recorded the highest somesthesia of the play connected April 10 astatine 40.1°C, which was 3.4°C supra the long-period mean for the region. In Kozhikode, the season’s highest somesthesia of 37.2°C was recorded connected April 16, marking a departure of 2.6°C supra normal. Kannur airdrome recorded a somesthesia of 38.1°C past week. Maximum temperatures successful Kasaragod, Malappuram and Kannur districts person besides remained supra seasonal averages.

The stifling conditions person been further aggravated by soaring moisture levels and partially cloudy skies. On Friday (April 17, 2026), Palakkad and Kozhikode recorded highest humidity levels of 83% and 76%, respectively, pushing the ‘feels like’ somesthesia to astir 65°C and 60°C. The maximum somesthesia recorded that time was 40.0°C successful Palakkad and 37°C successful Kozhikode.

Published - April 17, 2026 09:03 p.m. IST

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