CHENNAI: The city on Sunday experienced another high in what has been a scorching summer, with the Met department recording a maximum of 42º Celsius, the highest temperature in June since 2003.Met department officials said high temperatures are likely to prevail for a few more days, indicating that one of the hottest summers in Chennai in recent years is unlikely to leave before giving the city a final roast.Normal temperature in the city in early June is 38º Celsius. Met officials said the maximum temperature on Monday is likely be around 42º Celsius. The department recorded a maximum of 42º Celsius at Nungambakkam and 42.8º Celsius at Meenambakkam on Sunday.According to data from the regional meteorological department, the hottest temperature for June was 43.3º Celsius, registered in 1948. The second-highest temperature in June was 42.5º Celsius in 2003. “This is the first time that the temperature has crossed the 42º Celsius mark in June since 2003. The highest temperature recorded in the month in 2011 was 38.6º Celsius and 39.3º Celsius in 2010,” a Met department official said.Y E A Raj, deputy director-general, Regional Meteorological Department, said the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 42º Celsius for the next two or three days. “There is usually not much difference in temperature till June 10,” he said.Met officials said the weather is expected to remain hot for another week until the southwest monsoon sets in over Kerala, when there will be rain over the western districts and some relief in the city.“As there has been no sea breeze and the wind direction was towards the bay, the city has been extremely hot,” a Met department official said. “Once the sea breeze reaches the city, there will be a decrease in the temperature.”People in the city said the government’s reduction in the daily power cut by an hour has bought a relief.