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

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	43	28	0	0
Allahabad	45	29	0	0
Aurangabad	41	27	0	0
Bangalore	38	21	7	7
Baroda	43	28	0	0
Bhopal	—	29	0	0
Bhubaneshwar	—	29	0	0
Bhuj	37	27	0	0
Chennai	42	30	0	0
Dehra Dun	39	23	0	0
Gangtok	25	18	tr	tr
Guwahati	35	25	1	1
Gaya	—	29	0	0
Hyderabad	44	31	0	0
Indore	42	27	0	0
Jaipur	44	31	0	0
Jammu	42	27	—	—
Jamshedpur	44	28	0	0
Kolkata	38	29	0	0
Mumbai	34	28	0	0
Nagpur	47	33	0	0
New Delhi	44	28	0	0
Panjim	34	27	0	0
Patna	41	30	0	0
Pune	38	24	0	0
Rajkot	41	26	0	0
Ranchi	41	—	—	—
Shillong	26	16	40	40
Tiruchirapalli	41	27	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	35	25	0	0
Visakhapatnam	39	30	0	0

Thundershowers, rain likely in HP
Tribune New Service

New Delhi, June 2
Rainfall: Weather was mainly dry over the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures changed little. Departures: They were markedly above normal in Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and appreciably above normal in the rest of the region.

The highest temperature in the region was 46.2C, recorded at Hissar (Haryana) and Dholpur (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 4: Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Isolated dust storm or thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in west Uttar Pradesh.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 4: Mainly clear sky with dust haze. Dust storm or thunderstorm accompanied by squall is likely in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 44C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of June 4: Dust storm or thunderstorm with light rain is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 k m p h is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Amritsar sizzles at 44.1°C

Chandigarh, June 2
Amritsar and Chandigarh saw the maximum temperatures shoot by four degrees above normal at 44.1°C and 43.8°C, respectively, even as the heatwave sweeping most parts of the northern states showed little signs of abating.

The maximum temperature on this day here last year was 37°C, according to the Meteorological Department here. The mercury in Ambala rose by three degrees to settle at 44.1°C.

The heatwave tightened its grip in Punjab and the high in Ludhiana was close to Amritsar at 44.3°C while the maximum temperature at Patiala settled at 43.2°C, both up by two degrees.

Shimla at a high of 29.6°C was six above normal. PTI