Jaipur, May 31 (PTI) Maximum temperatures increased by one to two degrees Celsius in most parts of Rajasthan with Sriganganagar being the hottest place in the state with 48.1 degrees Celsius, a MeT official said.

Bikaner recorded its maximum temperature at 46.8 degree Celsius followed by Jaisalmer (46.2), Churu (46), Barmer (45.9), Jodhpur (43.7), Ajmer and Pilani (43.6) and 43.2 degrees Celsius in Kota.

Dabok received 1.4 mm rainfall today, the official said.

Minimum temperature remained in between 24.5 and 32.8 degrees Celsius in most of the cities of the state, he said.

The MeT department has forecast dust storm with light rain at isolated places in east Rajasthan and heat wave condition in one or two pockets of west Rajasthan.

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