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

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	32	23	0	397
Bangalore	29	20	4	270
Bhopal	30	21	0	787
Bhubaneswar	31	25	1	1048
Chennai	36	25	1	360
Dehra Dun	21	19	16	1108
Gangtok	24	17	0	2235
Guwahati	35	25	0	882
Hyderabad	31	21	0	113
Jaipur	35	24	0	113
Kolkata	33	26	1	1193
Lucknow	29	23	23	555
Mumbai	30	25	tr	1208
New Delhi	28	23	2	192
Panjim	29	24	2	2014
Patna	34	27	tr	660
Pune	28	20	0	368
Ranchi	29	21	0	776
Shillong	26	17	tr	1521
Thiruvananthapuram	32	23	1	316
Visakhapatnam	35	28	0	371

Rain likely in Himachal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 8
Monsoon has been vigorous in Himachal Pradesh and active in west Uttar Pradesh.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh, at many places in west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir and east Rajasthan. Weather was dry in west Rajasthan. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Haryana: Naraingarh 13, Dadupur 11, Tajewala 9, Jagadhari 4 and Ambala 3. Chandigarh 6. Himachal Pradesh: Nahan 9, Dharamsala 8, Nadaun 7, Berthin 6, Kahu and Shimla 4 each, Kasol, Rampurbushar, Sujanpurtira, Sunibhajji and Una 3 each, Guler, Kangra, Kasauli and Sundernagar 2 each and Bhuntar, Ghamroor, Nagrotasurian and Pandoh 1 each. Punjab: Nangal 5, Ropar 4, Adampur 3 and Jagraon 1 and Uttaranchal: Hardwar 3 and Dehra Dun, Marora, Mukteshwar and Uttarkashi 1 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of September 10: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab and at isolated places in east Rajasthan. Weather will be mainly dry in west Rajasthan.

Heavy rainfall warning: Heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of September 10: Generally cloudy sky with rain or thundershowers in some areas.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi: forecast valid until the morning of September 10: Light to moderate rain will occur at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Rain lashes region, temperatures drop

Chandigarh, September 8
Heavy rain continued to lash many places in the northern region for the third consecutive day today, plummetting temperatures by several degrees.

The city was drenched after receiving 70 mm of rain since yesterday. After the downpour, mercury dropped five degrees below normal today to settle at 28.2° C, the Meteorological Department said here.

Ambala was lashed by 33 mm of rain and the high there dropped by six degrees at 29.4 ° C.

In Punjab, rain lashed Ludhiana, Patiala and Amritsar. The respective highs at these places, all below normal, were recorded at 30.5 ° C, 29.4 ° C and 32.6 ° C. Heavy rain also lashed the Nangal dam area at 47.6 mm. Most places in Himachal were also lashed by heavy rains. Shimla had received 18 mm of rain until this evening even as it was lashed by heavy rain overnight at 43.2 mm. The high stayed two degrees below normal at 17.8 ° C.

Sundernagar was lashed by 29 mm of rain since yesterday and the high was recorded a pleasant 23.0° C, Bhuntar was down nine degrees at 21.5 ° C after receiving 18 mm of rain.

Other places in the state which received rain included Mandi (15 mm), Nahan (84.7 mm), Una (24.8 mm), Pandoh (10 mm), Berthin (64 mm), Nadaun (70 mm), Guler (21.5 mm), Nagrato Surein (10.2 mm), Gamrur (12.4 mm), Sujanpur Tera (32.5 mm), Kahu (44.5 mm) and Kasol (29.2 mm).

The Met Office has forecast rather heavy rain at many places in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal during the next 48 hours. PTI