Some of the hottest cities on 21 May 2020 included Akola with 44.7°C, Nagpur and Bhuj with 44.2°C, Ahmedabad with 43.8°C, Khandwa with 43.5°C, Rajkot and Machilipatnam with 43.2°C, Vadodara with 42.4°C, Kurnool with 42.2°C, Solapur with 42.1°C and Chennai with 42°C.

The heatwave guidelines released by the Indian Meteorological Department show that these cities were among the hottest cities in India on 21 May 2020.

The heatwave guidelines released by the Indian Meteorological Department show that these cities were among the hottest cities in India on 21 May 2020.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it was expected that eight Indian states would have heatwave conditions over four days. It had warned against a rise in maximum temperatures in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha in Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, north interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

News reports have mentioned the top maximum temperature recorded in cities around India on 21 May 2020.

AccuWeather shows the maximum and minimum temperature recorded on 21 May 2020 (To access the exact temperature recorded in particular cities, change the name of the city accordingly in the website).