Thiruvananthapuram: Meteorological department has warned that extreme heat will continue in the state for the coming days. Then yellow alert was declared in 12 districts till April 11. Palakkad will experience extreme heat. The temperature in the district has crossed 40 degrees and the temperature may rise to 41 degrees in the coming days. There is a warning that the temperature may go up to 40 degrees in Kollam district.
From April 7 to April 11, the maximum temperature in Palakkad district was 41°C, Kollam district was 40°C, Thrissur district was 39°C, Kannur, Kozhikode, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts were 38°C, Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts were high. The Central Meteorological Department has warned that the temperature will touch 37°C, with a maximum of 36°C (2 – 4 °C above normal) in Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram and Kasaragod districts.
The record heat in the state after 2019 was recorded last day. Palakkad has officially recorded the highest heat of the year in the state. 41.5 degree Celsius was recorded.
This is the first time since 2019 that the state has officially recorded a temperature above 41 degree Celsius. 40 degree Celsius to 44 degree Celsius was recorded in all the automatic stations of the Meteorological Department in Palakkad district and above 40 degree Celsius in some stations in Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrissur and Kollam districts.
