Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:51am on 26 Apr 2024,Friday Politics
Voters in Bengaluru faced heat wave-like conditions as temperatures soared between 36.4 and 38.4 degrees Celsius during the voting day. Although not officially declared a heat wave zone by the IMD, Bengaluru saw temperatures spike 4.5 degrees above normal. A.Prasad, a scientist at IMD Bengaluru, highlighted this departure from the norm. Bengaluru falls under the Aw category in the Koeppen-Geiger classification, with an average temperature of 22 degrees Celsius. Despite not meeting all heat wave criteria, the city's residents endured sweltering conditions while exercising their democratic rights.
