Monday, May 20, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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CHANDIGARH
  • The maximum temperature on Sunday was 39.6°C (103.3°F) and the minimum 24.4°C (75.9°F).
    The maximum relative humidity was 57 per cent and the minimum 20 per cent.
  • Sunset: Monday: 07.13
  • Sunrise: Tuesday: 05.24
  • OUTLOOK FOR  MONDAY: Hazy and partly cloudy sky.


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Extremes
Town Max (in Celsius) Min (in Celsius)
Ambala 39.9 22.0
Amritsar 43.4 24.6
Bhuntar 34.0 11.8
Hisar 41.8 —
Jammu — 27.4
Ludhiana 42.8 22.1
Patiala 40.8 23.4
Shimla 28.5 19.7
Srinagar 26.0 —
Sundernagar 38.1 16.8

 

 

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since October 1):

 

Station

Max

Min

R

TR

Ahmedabad

44

27

0

0

Allahabad

46

30

0

tr

Aurangabad

40

25

0

21

Bangalore

31

21

0

77

Baroda

40

27

0

tr

Bhopal

44

—

—

—

Bhubaneswar

38

29

0

73

Bhuj

40

27

0

0

Chennai

40

30

0

21

Dehra Dun

38

20

0

133

Gangtok

—

16

5

857

Guwahati

35

24

2

556

Indore

41

25

0

28

Jaipur

44

31

0

4

Kolkata

37

29

0

135

Kodaikanal

—

12

9

—

Lucknow

45

27

0

1

Mumbai

35

29

tr

16

Nagpur

46

32

0

32

New Delhi

46

28

0

3

Patna

35

—

—

—

Pune

34

25

0

24

Shillong

26

—

—

—

Srinagar

30

—

—

—

Surat

33

29

0

4

Tiruchirapalli

37

27

tr

77

Thiruvananthapuram

27

21

74

279

Visakhapatnam

38

31

0

90




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Heatwave prevails
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 19
Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are prevailing in most parts of west Rajasthan and in some parts of Haryana. Heatwave conditions are also prevailing in parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and east Uttar Pradesh.

Rainfall: Weather was mainly dry over the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures rose markedly in east Uttar Pradesh, rose in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were largely above normal in Haryana and west Rajasthan, markedly above normal in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and east Rajasthan and above normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region 47.9°C was recorded at Churu (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 21: Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Isolated dust storm or thunderstorms are likely to occur in Haryana, north Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 21: Mainly clear sky with dust haze. Possibility of dust storm or thunderstorm in some areas.

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No respite from heatwave

Chandigarh, May 19
The heatwave sweeping across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh continued unabated today. The hot conditions under which the mercury hovered between 3 to 6°C above normal in most parts of the plains of Punjab and Haryana confined people indoors. The continuous heatwave has so far claimed 28 lives in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in the past three weeks. PTI

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