Mercury drops by 0.3 deg

Vijayawada, June 1 (UNI) The people of this city had some respite from heat wave conditions with the mercury dropping by 0.3 deg C from 41.5 deg C.

The city recorded a minimum temperature of 41.2 deg C.

In the port town of Machilipatnam, the mercury touched 37.5 deg C and recorded a minimum of 29.6 deg C while Eluru, the headquarters of West Godavari district, recorded a maximum of 42.6 deg C.

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