Saturday, May 19, 2001, Chandigarh, India



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CHANDIGARH
  • The maximum temperature on Friday was 32.0ºC (89.6ºF) 
     and the minimum 22.0ºC (71.6ºF).
    The maximum relative humidity was 84 per cent and the minimum 41 per cent.
  • Sunset: Saturday: 5.28
  • Sunrise: Sunday: 7.18
  • OUTLOOK FOR  SATURDAY: Partly cloudy sky. Possibility of thundery development.


 

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REGION

Extremes
Town Max (in Celsius) Min (in Celsius)
Ambala 31.7 20.0
Amritsar 33.4 22.0
Bhuntar 30.1 16.3
Hisar 35.2 22.9
Jammu — 24.3
Ludhiana 33.3 21.9
Patiala 33.4 23.2
Shimla 19.2 12.4
Srinagar — 13.8
Sundernagar 29.9 12.8

 

 

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

40

28

0

10

Aurangabad

38

24

0

1

Bangalore

33

22

0

372

Baroda

39

28

0

0

Bhavnagar

39

26

0

10

Bhopal

40

23

0

6

Bhubaneswar

38

27

0

167

Bhuj

35

27

0

0

Kolkata

36

26

1

182

Chennai

37

28

0

99

Dehra Dun

29

20

0

147

Gangtok

22

14

79

669

Guwahati

34

23

12

397

Gaya

39

24

0

10

Hyderabad

40

27

0

76

Jaipur

36

20

3

26

Jamshedpur

39

23

12

91


 

Rain cools region
 Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 18
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at many places in west Rajasthan, a few places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: New Delhi (Palam) 3, Ayanagar 2 and Gohana and New Delhi (Safdarjung) 1 each, Himachal Pradesh: Kasol, Shimla and Solan 1 each, Punjab: Batala 4 and Patti 1, Rajasthan: Sriganganagar and Sawai Madhopur 3 each, Jodhpur 2 and Ajmer, Bikaner and Churu 1 each.

Temperature: Past 24 hours’ change: Maximum temperatures fell markedly in Haryana, fell appreciably in Punjab, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, fell in Himachal Pradesh and east Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were largely below normal in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh, markedly below normal in east Rajasthan, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, appreciably below normal in west Rajasthan, above normal in Jammu and Kashmir and normal in Himachal Pradesh. The highest temperature in the region was 41.5°C recorded at Sriganganagar (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 20: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in the rest of the region. Isolated thundersqualls are likely in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 20: Generally cloudy sky with light rain/thundershowers in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 37°C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of May 20: Light rain will occur at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: Mainly dry weather.

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