The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

NATION

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
Abu	25	09	0	0
Ahmedabad	33	16	0	0
Aurangabad	35	17	0	3
Baroda	34	16	0	0
Bhavnagar	33	18	0	0
Bhopal	32	15	0	6
Bhubaneswar	35	21	0	0
Kolkata	33	21	0	0
Chennai	33	24	0	tr
Dehra Dun	27	11	0	44
Gangtok	17	08	tr	5
Guwahati	30	17	6	5
Hyderabad	32	20	0	11
Indore	33	14	0	6
Jaipur	29	14	0	1
Jamshedpur	35	15	0	0
Kolhapur	33	17	0	1
Lucknow	29	13	0	9
Mumbai	29	21	0	1
Minicoy	31	27	0	22
Nagpur	35	19	0	4
New Delhi	27	13	0	15
Panjim	30	20	0	8
Patna	30	15	0	47
Pune	35	11	0	7
Rajkot	33	16	0	0
Ranchi	29	14	0	4
Ratnagiri	31	18	0	33
Shillong	19	10	0	9
Shimla	17	08	0	44
Sholapur	36	19	0	5
Srinagar	16	01	0	43
Surat	32	13	0	0
Tiruchirapalli	34	24	0	1
Udaipur	29	13	0	0

Dry weather over region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 19
Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were appreciably above normal in Haryana and Rajasthan, above normal in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 5.4 °C recorded at Adampur in (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of 21st: Rain or snow is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Punjab. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of 21st: Clear sky becoming partly cloudy by tomorrow afternoon. Possibility of thundery development in some areas. Minimum temperature will be around 12 °C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of 21st: Development of thunderclouds likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Earthquake report: An earthquake of moderate intensity having its magnitude 5.1 on the richter scale occurred at 7.41 a.m. today with its epicentre at latitude 23.6° N longitude 70.2°E in Bhuj district on Gujarat region.