The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since January 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	34	17	0	0
Allahabad	35	13	0	0
Bangalore	28	21	0	2
Baroda	35	19	0	0
Bhopal	33	16	0	3
Bhubaneswar	34	—	31	120
Chennai	38	27	0	0
Dehra Dun	20	10	13	32
Gaya	37	19	0	5
Hyderabad	38	24	0	61
Jaipur	30	17	0	3
Kolkata	36	—	31	60
Lucknow	37	17	0	6
Mumbai	30	23	0	0
Nagpur	39	20	0	20
New Delhi	26	14	3	5
Pune	34	13	0	0
Port Blair	31	23	0	122
Rajkot	34	20	0	0
Ranchi	30	—	0	39
Shillong	26	13	1	4
Shimla	12	—	—	—
Sholapur	37	21	0	0
Srinagar	18	08	0	56
Surat	34	18	0	0
Visakhapatnam	36	28	0	tr

Varanasi records 38.5°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 31
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cms are: Himachal Pradesh: Bangana and Guler 2 each, Jammu and Kashmir: Batote 1, Uttar Pradesh: Hindon and Sarsawa 1 each and Uttaranchal: Dehradun 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures fell largely in Uttaranchal, fell markedly in Haryana and Punjab, fell in Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, rose in Jammu and Kashmir and changed little elsewhere.

Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell markedly in Uttaranchal, fell appreciably in west Uttar Pradesh, fell in Haryana, east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh, rose in Jammu and Kashmir and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were appreciably below normal in west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, below normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and west Rajasthan, above normal in Jammu and Kashmir and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 12.0°C recorded at Narnaul (Haryana).

Forecast valid until the morning of 2nd April: Rain or snow is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in east Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be dry in the rest of the region.