The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	26.0	16.4
Amritsar	28.2	9.5
Bhuntar	16.0	9.0
Hisar	25.9	17.8
Karnal	24.0	13.6
Ludhiana	27.0	13.0
Patiala	26.5	15.4
Shimla	12.6	10.6
Srinagar	6.7	1.8
Sundernagar	22.5	15.1

NATION

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

Stations	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	36	21	0	0
Bangalore	33	15	0	0
Bhopal	37	21	0	0
Bhubaneswar	40	20	0	0
Chennai	35	21	2	0
Dehra Dun	31	16	1	19
Gangtok	18	14	10	25
Guwahati	30	18	0	11
Hyderabad	36	19	0	0
Jaipur	35	19	0	0
Kolkata	37	21	0	0
Lucknow	36	16	0	0
Mumbai	32	24	0	0
New Delhi	34	17	0	1
Panjim	32	23	0	0
Patna	34	17	0	0
Ranchi	34	18	0	0
Shillong	21	11	0	3
Thiruvananthapuram	34	24	0	32

Rain, thundershowers likely in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 26
Rainfall: Rain, snow has occurred at most places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Rain, thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Punjab. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cm are: Jammu and Kashmir: Banihal 8, Batote 5, Srinagar 4, Quazigund 3 and Katra 2.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures fell appreciably in Jammu and Kashmir, rose in Haryana and east Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere.

Departure: They were largely above normal in east Rajasthan, markedly above normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, west Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, appreciably above normal in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and above normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 9.5°C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of February 28: Rain, snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Uttaranchal. Rain, thundershowers are likely at a few places in Haryana and Punjab and at isolated places in east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in west Rajasthan.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of February 28: Generally cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Mist, fog in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 16°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of February 28: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.