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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 36 27 11 11 Allahabad 40 29 0 0 Aurangabad 37 24 0 0 Bangalore 33 22 0 0 Baroda 38 28 0 0 Bhavnagar 37 25 14 14 Bhopal 38 27 0 3 Bhubaneswar 37 26 0 tr Chennai 42 24 0 0 Dehra Dun 33 21 153 153 Gangtok 21 17 2 8 Guwahati 29 24 11 11 Hyderabad 39 28 0 0 Jaipur 40 29 0 0 Kolkata 34 29 tr 11 Lucknow 39 24 1 2 Mahabaleshwar 25 17 0 0 Mumbai 34 28 0 0 Nagpur 42 29 0 0 New Delhi 38 30 0 5 Patna 32 27 0 20 Pune 34 23 0 0 Port Blair 30 25 19 22 Ranchi 36 22 0 0 Shillong 21 17 2 4 Surat 30 28 0 0 Vishakhapatnam 40 27 7 7 Thundersqualls lash region New Delhi, June 2 Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures rose in Jammu and Kashmir and west Rajasthan, fell in east Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were markedly above normal in Jammu and Kashmir. The highest temperature in the region was 43.0°C recorded at Churu (Rajasthan). Forecast
valid until the morning of June 4: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and west Uttar
Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in Rajasthan. Thundersqualls/severe thunderstorms with heavy rain are likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Thundersqualls/thunderstorms are likely at isolated places in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh. Downpour brings relief Chandigarh, June 2 A Met office spokesman said here that the rainfall accompanied with high velocity winds were a result of upper air cyclonic circulation over Pakistan and adjoining south-west of Jammu and Kashmir. The temperature fell to 37.2°C in Chandigarh, which was 3° below normal. While Amritsar with a high of 42.9°C, 3° above normal was the hottest place in the region, the mercury plumetted to 40.2°C in Hisar, 2° below normal. Patiala recorded 39°C, 2° below normal, it was 37.4°C in Ambala. 4° below normal. The Met office predicted rain or thundershowers at many places in Punjab and Haryana during the next 24 hours. Shimla: A person was drowned in a flooded nullah while a moderate to heavy intermittent rain has been lashing parts of Himachal Pradesh since last night. The person slipped and was drowned in the Darad nullah, near Nurpur, in Kangra district. His body has been fished out, a report from Dharamsala said. A Jersy cow and two bulls were washed away at Katherh village in Mandi district. A house was buried under a landslide in the adjoining Mehi village in the district. But it caused no loss of life, a report from Mandi said. The Pathankot-Mandi highway was blocked for vehicular traffic following flashfloods in a nullah at Snoura in Kangra district. Few scooters were washed away due to the flashfloods and the water entered five residential houses in the village. Shimla and its surrounding areas were pounded by torrential rain last night and today, brining a sharp fall in the temperature. The town was lashed by a windstorm in the evening that blew off sign boards, twisted television antennae and disrupted power supply in some localities. Lower areas, including Mandi, Kangra and Dharamsala also experienced heavy rain.
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