If you visit old houses in Bangalore, you will not find a hook for the fan. The weather was so good in Bangalore even in the 1970s.
There was a time when Bangalore was called the “Garden City”. Now it is the “IT City”. The greenery is being replaced by concrete all over the city.
Compared to other cities, even today Bangalore has excellent weather but the temperature seems to be rising year by year. The highest temperatures recorded are as follows,
May 22, 1931…38.9 degrees Celsius (highest)
2000…37.7 degrees Celsius
2001…35.3 degrees Celsius
2002…36.5 degrees Celsius
2003…37.6 degrees Celsius
2004…34.6 degrees Celsius
2005…37.4 degrees Celsius
2006…37.0 degrees Celsius
2007…35.8 degrees Celsius
Raichur recorded the highest temperature in Karnataka with a temperature of 45.6 degrees Celsius on May 23, 1928.
The average maximum temperature of North interior Karnataka is 37.9 degrees Celsius, coastal Karnataka is 34.5 degree Celsius and Western Ghats is 27.5 degrees Celsius.
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