Surat, at 42.2 degrees Celsius, recorded the highest deviation from normal temperature by 6.8 degrees. Amreli and Vadodara were 3.5 degrees hotter than the normal temperature. Ahmedabad’s maximum temperature was 2.7 degrees higher than normal. (Express File Photo)

Summer is in full showing in the state with temperatures easily soaring past 40 degrees Celsius in several parts. Also, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned against a heat wave across the state till mid-May.

The IMD has issued an orange alert as heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in the districts of Surendranagar and Kutch till May 14.…