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Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)

Ambala	40.0	24.8
Amritsar	41.6	23.6
Bhuntar	30.4	14.0
Karnal	39.6	26.7
Ludhiana	40.5	25.4
Patiala	40.0	27.6
Shimla	24.5	15.6
Sundernagar	35.7	19.2

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	44	27	0	1
Bangalore	36	21	0	127
Bhopal	44	31	0	15
Bhubaneswar	38	28	0	171
Chennai	37	29	0	217
Dehra Dun	36	23	0	84
Gangtok	21	15	1	757
Guwahati	28	21	24	471
Hyderabad	41	25	0	50
Jaipur	44	27	0	38
Jammu	36	26	0	—
Kolkata	35	29	9	309
Lucknow	39	26	0	46
Mumbai	34	27	0	0
New Delhi	42	26	0	43
Panjim	34	28	0	45
Patna	36	25	0	20
Ranchi	41	21	0	17
Shillong	24	16	0	389
Thiruvananthapuram	34	27	0	352

Jhansi records 45.3°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 23
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose in Jammu and Kashmir, fell appreciably in west Rajasthan, and east Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were appreciably below normal in Jammu and Kashmir and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 45.3°C recorded at Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 25: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Punjab. Isolated duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in west Rajasthan.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 25: Partly cloudy sky with dust haze. Duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in some areas during evening/night. The maximum temperature will be around 40°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of May 24: Duststorm/thunderstorm is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Mercury soars to 41.6°C at Amritsar

Chandigarh, May 23
Amritsar was the hottest place in Punjab although the temperature declined by one degree below normal at most places in the plains in north-west region today.

People reeled under sweltering heat in Amritsar with the mercury soaring to 41.6°C, three degrees above normal, even as Ludhiana and Patiala showed the maximum temperatures one degree below normal at 40.5°C and 40°C, respectively.

Ambala in Haryana also reported one degree below normal temperature at 40°C. Karnal registered 39.6°C. However, Hisar with 42.4°C turned out to be the hottest places in the state. Both Karnal and Hisar had zero departure in their respective temperature records.

In Himachal Pradesh, Sundernagar registered 35.7°C while the temperature hovered one degree above normal at 24.5°C at Shimla.

Chandigarh and its adjoining areas continued to be under the impact of rising temperature with the city recording 39.6°C, one degree above normal.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and isolated places in Punjab, while duststorm or thundershowers is expected at isolated places in Haryana during the next 24 hours, according to weather office here. — UNI