Bengaluru airport sizzles at 38.2°C, third-highest max temperature for April since 2014

This is the highest maximum temperature recorded at any weather station in city this summer

Bengaluru: The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) recorded a maximum temperature of 38.2°C on Monday, the joint third-highest for April since the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) set up an observatory there in 2014.

This is also the highest maximum temperature recorded at any weather station in Bengaluru this summer.

The temperature reading taken at 5.30 pm matched that recorded on April 4, 2024.

The highest-ever April temperature at KIA was 38.4°C, recorded on April 26, 2024, followed by 38.3°C, recorded on April 25, 2016, and April 6, 2024.

Temperatures at the KIA observatory — the weather station representative of Bengaluru's northern and northeastern areas — have remained unusually high this April, several degrees above the mean of 34.6°C. Like the rest of the city, April is typically the hottest month at KIA as well.

However, the all-time maximum temperature recorded at the weather station is 38.6°C on May 4, 2016, according to the IMD.

On Monday, other observatories also logged elevated maximum temperatures. The city station recorded 36.3°C (2.2°C above normal) and HAL airport 36.2°C (2.3°C above normal).

Shower forecast pushed by a day

Meanwhile, the IMD has revised its forecast for pre-monsoon showers, pushing the onset of rain or thundershowers in Bengaluru from April 28 to April 29.