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

Ambala	43.4	25.6
Amritsar	43.8	25.0
Bhunter	32.5	14.5
Hisar	45.3	31.6
Jammu	41.9	—
Karnal	41.3	25.5
Ludhiana	43.2	27.8
Patiala	42.3	28.6
Rohtak	—	27.9
Shimla	28.4	19.5
Srinagar	26.4	—
Sundernagar	38.6	20.0

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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	41	30	0	2
Bangalore	30	21	0	100
Bhopal	42	31	0	1
Bhubaneswar	46	29	0	11
Chennai	41	31	0	4
Dehra Dun	39	23	0	0
Gangtok	22	18	25	337
Hyderabad	37	27	0	38
Jaipur	43	29	0	7
Kolkata	40	25	14	72
Lucknow	45	30	0	0
Mumbai	34	25	38	53
New Delhi	43	29	—	29
Panjim	31	25	105	238
Patna	44	30	0	0
Ranchi	42	27	0	7
Shillong	22	19	3	137
Thiruvanathapuram	29	24	3	180

Rain likely in Himachal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 18
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures changed little. Departure: This was largely above normal in east Uttar Pradesh, markedly above normal in west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, appreciably above normal in Haryana and Rajasthan, above normal in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 46.5°C recorded at Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 20: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Isolated dust storm/thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 20: Partly cloudy sky with dust haze. Dust storm/thunderstorm accompanied with squall is likely in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 43°C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of June 20: Dust storm/thunderstorm is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 kmph is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

No let up in heat wave in North

Chandigarh, June 18
Heat wave today showed little signs of abating in the North India where Hisar continued to be the hottest place in the region with a high of 45.3°C.

In Chandigarh, the maximum settled three degrees above normal at 42.4 degrees Celsius while Ambala recorded a high of 43.4 degrees Celsius, which was four degrees above normal. Karnal registered a high of 41.3 degrees Celsius.

Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a high of 43.7 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal, the Meteorological Department said here.

Heat wave also swept most of Punjab where Amritsar recorded a high of 43.8 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana 43.2 degrees Celsius while Patiala had a high of 42.3 degrees Celsius, both temperatures up by two degrees.

Jammu also had a hot day recording a high of 41.9 degrees Celsius, up two degrees. Srinagar, however, was much cooler in comparison recording a high of 26.4 degrees Celsius, down three degrees, after receiving some light showers.

Shimla also had a pleasant day after receiving light rains. The high there settled at 28.4 degrees Celsius. Sundernagar also reported some light rain, but the mercury there touched 38.6 degrees Celsius during the day. Bhuntar recorded a high of 32.5 degrees Celsius.

The Met has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh while dust storm or thunderstorm with light rain is possible at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana over the next two days. PTI