The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

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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	35	27	0	11
Allahabad	37	29	0	0
Aurangabad	37	24	0	0
Bangalore	31	23	0	0
Baroda	36	28	0	0
Bhavnagar	31	26	4	18
Bhopal	38	27	0	3
Bhubaneswar	38	26	1	1
Bhuj	36	27	0	0
Chennai	39	25	5	5
Dehra Dun	31	23	10	162
Gangtok	22	16	15	23
Guwahati	30	26	2	18
Hyderabad	39	23	8	8
Indore	36	24	0	0
Jaipur	40	29	0	0
Jamshedpur	37	26	0	6
Kolhapur	31	22	0	0
Kolkata	34	28	12	23
Lucknow	32	25	0	2
Mahabaleshwar	25	17	0	0
Mumbai	34	28	0	0
Nagpur	40	28	0	0
New Delhi	39	29	0	5
Panjim	32	26	0	0
Patna	35	27	0	20
Pune	34	23	0	0
Port Blair	30	25	tr	22
Rajkot	39	27	1	1
Ranchi	35	22	22	20
Ratnagiri	31	26	0	0
Shillong	24	17	1	5

36.4°C recorded at Chandigarh

Chandigarh, June 3
Renewed spells of rainfall over the past few days kept maximum temperatures under normal at several places in the north-west for the eighth consecutive day today.

The city lashed by heavy rainfall yesterday evening, recorded a high of 36.4°C, four degrees below normal. However, humid conditions prevailed during the day.

Ambala too stayed close to this maximum at 38.1°C, three degrees below normal. It also reported a light rainfall. Hisar was hotter at 41.5°C, still a degree below normal.

In Punjab, Amritsar had a high of 38.6°C, one degree below normal. Patiala with 38.6°C and Ludhiana with 38.4°C, stayed two and four degrees, respectively, below normal.

In Himachal, Shimla had a pleasant 24.3°C. Bhuntar was little warmer at a maximum of 29.1°C, three degrees below normal. Both places received light rainfall.

Meanwhile, according to the weather bureau here, an upper air cyclonic circulation lies over Jammu and Kashmir extending between 2.1 and 3.1 km above sea level (ASL). Fresh upper air cyclonic circulation lies over central Pakistan adjoining Punjab extending up to 1.5 km ASL. UNI

Amritsar hottest at 42.9°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi , June 3
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal, at a few places in eastern Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are; Himachal Pradesh: Shimla 5 and Bhuntar 1, Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu 3, Katra 2 and Kathua 1, Uttar Pradesh: Gorakhpur and Sultanpur 2 each, and Uttaranchal: Pantnagar 2 and Dehra Dun 1.

Temperature: Past 24-hours change: Maximum temperatures fell appreciably in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, fell in Jammu and Kashmir and western Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were largely below normal in eastern Uttar Pradesh, markedly below normal in western Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, below normal in Haryana and Punjab, appreciably above normal in Jammu and Kashmir and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 42.9°C recorded at Amritsar.

Forecast valid until the morning of June 5: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and western Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of June 5: Development of thunderclouds is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.