The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Monday, May 7, 2001, Chandigarh, India

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Churu records 48°C
New Delhi, May 6
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions continue to prevail in most parts of west Rajasthan and have extended to many parts of Jammu and Kashmir and east Rajasthan. Heat wave conditions are also prevailing in parts of Haryana.

CHANDIGARH

The maximum temperature on Sunday was 37.2ºC (99.0ºF) and the minimum 27.0ºC (80.6ºF).
The maximum relative humidity was 59 per cent and the minimum 31 per cent.
Sunset: Monday: 7.05
Sunrise: Tuesday: 05.32
OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY: Partly cloudy sky possibility of duststorm or thunderstorm.

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

REGION

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)
Ambala	37.6	24.5
Amritsar	42.6	23.8
Bhuntar	34.8	15.4
Hisar	46.0	26.3
Ludhiana	40.0	25.5
Patiala	39.3	25.6
Shimla	27.4	18.7
Sundernagar	35.3	19.3

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
Ahmedabad	44	26	0	10
Bangalore	34	21	0	372
Bhopal	44	31	0	6
Bhubaneswar	40	26	4	105
Chennai	36	28	0	99
Dehra Dun	34	22	0	95
Gangtok	31	13	21	521
Guwahati	31	21	24	337
Hyderabad	43	28	0	76
Jaipur	45	30	0	19
Kolkata	36	21	57	156
Lucknow	38	25	0	17
Mumbai	37	27	0	2
New Delhi	41	28	0	42
Patna	35	25	0	35
Shillong	23	14	0	—
Srinagar	30	15	0	131
Thiruvananthapuram	37	29	0	22
Visakhapatnam	37	29	0	22

Churu records 48°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 6
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions continue to prevail in most parts of west Rajasthan and have extended to many parts of Jammu and Kashmir and east Rajasthan. Heat wave conditions are also prevailing in parts of Haryana.

Rainfall: Weather was dry in the region.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures rose in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were appreciably above normal in Himachal Pradesh and in the remaining parts of Rajasthan, above normal in Punjab and in the remaining parts of Jammu and Kashmir, below normal in Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 48°C recorded at Churu (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 8: Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Weather will be mainly dry in rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 8: Mainly clear sky with possibility of thundery development in some areas towards evening. Maximum temperature will be around 43°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of May 8: Development of thunderclouds is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.