Mercury crosses 40°C mark in Kerala, pushing ‘feels like’ temperatures distressingly high

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Although the maximum somesthesia successful Thiruvananthapuram was astir 36.2°C connected Friday, the humidity level was 80%, the highest recorded successful the State connected the day, pushed the ‘feels like’ somesthesia to somewhat implicit 58°C. | Photo Credit: FILE Photo

Oppressive humidity has made beingness hard successful the coastal districts of Kerala, with residents reporting precocious levels of discomfort during highest hours of the day, adjacent though temperatures ranged betwixt 36°C and 40°C.

Palakkad recorded the highest somesthesia of the play connected Friday (April 10, 2026) astatine 40.1°C, which was 3.4°C higher than the long-period mean for the region. Punalur successful Kollam recorded the second-highest somesthesia astatine 39.8°C, astir 4.5°C supra the mean seasonal temperature.

Published - April 11, 2026 04:43 p.m. IST

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