Ahmedabad's hottest month May had only seven 40°C+ days in 2025
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In sharp contrast, 2025 recorded one of the least hot months of May with temperature breaching the 40-degrees mark only on seven days.
The month, feared for its scorching heat and relentless heatwaves, set records for the lowest maximum temperatures of 26.9 degrees Celsius on May 7 recorded ever in Ahmedabad. The maximum temperatures of 33 degrees and 33.7 degrees recorded this month were also 7th and 9th lowest maximum temperatures ever for Ahmedabad.
Analysis of maximum and minimum temperatures for the city for May, 2025 indicated that the average maximum temperature was 38.5 degrees Celsius, which is very low compared to 41.8 degrees Celsius mean maximum temperature between 1991-2020. Overall, the maximum temperature remained 3.3 degrees below normal, according to analysis. On the other hand, the average minimum temperature at 27.4 degrees was close to normal.
Across Gujarat, only three towns and cities — Rajkot, Surendranagar and Kandla — recorded sustained high temperatures while the temperature remained below 40 degrees across other cities and towns.
Ashok Kumar Das, director of IMD Gujarat, said that for Ahmedabad – and Gujarat at large – May is one of the hottest summer months. "This year Gujarat saw record rainfall overall with all districts of Gujarat receiving rains.
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Whenever there is cloudy weather, the maximum temperature gets reduced and minimum temperature increases or remains the same, something which we have observed this year," he said.
The reduction in heat was also reflected in heat-related emergencies recorded with EMRI 108. Compared to 3,084 heat related emergencies in Gujarat in 2024, this May saw a sizable 40% decline with 2,070 heat related emergencies. For Ahmedabad city, the numbers were 879 and 469 respectively till May 30.
The humid nature of heat however still led many citizens suffering from heat stroke.
Dr Pravin Garg, a city-based physician, said that citizens are accustomed to dry heat. "This time around, it was high heat with high humidity. Thus, we saw several cases where the patients complained of uneasiness, fluctuation in blood pressure, muscle cramps and gastric problems among others. So while we did not see a high number of heat strokes, we saw a big number of people coming down with heat triggered malaise," he said.
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