Krishna district faces record heat as temperatures hit 48.1°C

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Published - May 25, 2026 08:40 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA A vendor selling traditional earthen pots, often referred to as poor man’s refrigerators, in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO The mercury crossing the 48°C mark is no longer unusual in Andhra Pradesh. For the third time in less than a week and the second consecutive day, daytime temperatures exceeded 48°C on Monday (May 25, 2026), reaching 48.1°C in Kankipadu and Penamaluru in Krishna district. According to A.P. State Disaster Management Authority, temperatures above 44°C were recorded in 115 mandals across 14 districts. The worst-affected mandals were in Palnadu (20 mandals), Krishna (18), Bapatla (17), Eluru (13), NTR (13), and Guntur (11) districts. According to information from a weather expert who chose to remain anonymous, the present situation is arising due to a combination of factors, including urbanisation, development of heat domes, and other weather systems. A heat dome occurs when the atmosphere traps hot air, as if a lid is placed on a pot, creating a dome of intense heat conditions in the space enclosed by it. Such conditions may continue in the State until the weekend, the expert said. The APSDMA and the India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its release on Monday, said heatwaves and hot and humid conditions may last until May 29. The disaster management authority forecasted severe heatwaves in 26 mandals and heatwaves in 137 mandals on Tuesday (May 26). On Wednesday (May 27), severe heatwave conditions may affect 70 mandals, with heatwave conditions in 176 mandals. The districts of Kakinada, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema, East Godavari, Eluru, West Godavari, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla, Markapuram, and Prakasam likely to be affected, where temperatures may hover around 45°C–47°C. On Monday, above 45°C temperatures were recorded in Kankipadu and Penamaluru of Krishna district (48.1°C), Kuchinapudi in Bapatla district (46.4°C), Ibrahimpatnam in NTR district and Piduguralla in Palnadu district (46.3°C), Kukkunoor in Eluru and Kunavaram in Polavaram districts (46.1°C), Tadepalli in West Godavari district (45.7°C), Kopperapadu in Prakasam district (45.4°C) and Shivala in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema and Kajuluru in Kakinada districts (45.2°C). Amaravati and Mangalagiri recorded 44.9°C, while the mercury in different areas in Vijayawada remained between 44°C and 45°C. In Visakhapatnam, the rural area and Mulagada recorded high temperatures of 44°C and 44.5°C respectively. Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

Krishna district faces record heat as temperatures hit 48.1°C

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