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 October 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	28	25	21	141
Ahmednagar	—	22	0	162
Allahabad	36	28	1	33
Aurangabad	29	23	4	214
Bangalore	31	21	0	181
Baroda	28	25	16	276
Bhavnagar	26	—	33	567
Bhopal	30	23	3	113
Bhubaneswar	35	27	1	181
Bhuj	31	29	tr	50
Chennai	39	28	1	11
Dehra Dun	32	25	0	100
Guwahati	33	27	0	360
Gaya	35	27	5	58
Hyderabad	33	23	0	166
Indore	28	23	5	175
Jaipur	35	27	1	33
Jamshedpur	34	27	tr	367
Kolkata	34	26	24	339
Kolhapur	27	21	2	234
Lucknow	36	27	0	77
Mahabaleshwar	20	17	27	953
Mumbai	31	26	10	439
Nagpur	32	24	6	343
New Delhi	36	29	0	48
Panjim	31	27	8	1044
Patna	36	28	tr	93
Pune	28	22	2	197
Rajkot	25	25	103	210
Ranchi	31	24	0	199
Ratnagiri	30	25	10	1707
Shimla	23	15	68	120
Sholapur	33	23	0	92
Srinagar	30	18	2	82

Bikaner hottest at 42°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 29
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir, east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana and Punjab. Weather was mainly dry in west Uttar Pradesh. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Chandigarh 1, Himachal Pradesh: Kasol 8, Shimla 7, Berthin, Dharampur, Pandoh, Sunibhajji and Solan 3 each, Kahu and Sangraha 2 each and Bunter and Sujanpurtira 1 each, Jammu and Kashmir: Katra 2, Punjab: Nangal 3, Rajasthan: Bundi and Mount Abu 9 each, Mahidam and Sumerpur 7 each, Asnapur, Jalore and Udaipur A.P. 4 each, Bhinmal, Barmer, Churu, Jaswantpura and Kalibor 3 each, Develi, Gopalpura, Jaitpura, Kota, Surpura and Tonk 2 each and Bhilwara, Bisalpurdam, Erinpur Road, Jodhpur, Jaswanisagar, Jakhamdam, Mahuwa, Phagi, Pali, Rainbasera and Umedsagar 1 each, Uttar Pradesh: Balmikinagar, Mirzapur and Regoli 1 each and Uttaranchal: Joshimath 1.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures rose appreciably in Uttaranchal, rose in Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were appreciably below normal in east Rajasthan, below normal in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region.

The highest temperature in the region was 42.0°C recorded at Bikaner (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of July 1, 2002: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in east Rajasthan and at a few places in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of July 1, 2002: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Maximum temperature will be around 37°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of July 1, 2002: Light to moderate rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.