Pleasant weather in Bengaluru, rain likely

Bengaluru is likely to experience a pleasant weather with a cloudy sky and the possibility of rain on Thursday, a day when the rest of the country sizzled due to a heat wave, officials said.

The Met Office has forecast rain and thundershowers across Karnataka - at a few places in the southern parts, the coastal region and the northern parts of the state.

The maximum temperature here was 29.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, while the minimum was 22.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average, officials said.

On Wednesday, the HAL airport, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) and the Bengaluru city enjoyed 11.1 mm, 16.2 mm and 13.2 mm rainfall respectively.

The eastern part of the Bengaluru city saw rainfall twice on Wednesday. It rained heavily the second time late in the night.

However, higher temperatures were recorded in other parts of the state - it was 42.5 degrees Celsius in Kalaburgi, 41.5 degrees in Bijapur and 42.4 degrees Celsius in Raichur.