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NATION

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	30	16	4	4
Allahabad	25	15	9	19
Aurangabad	33	15	0	1
Bangalore	32	17	0	0
Bhopal	29	16	0	5
Bhubaneswar	31	21	0	0
Chennai	32	23	0	1
Dehra Dun	12	09	40	78
Gangtok	09	07	15	14
Guwahati	23	12	0	7
Hyderabad	34	17	0	0
Jaipur	19	10	3	14
Jamshedpur	33	21	0	1
Kolkata	27	19	0	0
Kolhapur	22	—	—	—
Lucknow	21	13	17	56
Mangalore	33	23	0	0
Mumbai	32	23	0	0
Nagpur	34	16	0	0
New Delhi	14	11	14	53
Patna	25	15	8	25
Pune	34	14	0	0
Shillong	15	6	0	6
Surat	31	17	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	32	21	0	11
Visakhapatnam	32	20	0	29

Amritsar shivers at 3° C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 1
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at most places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh, at many places in Haryana, east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh and at a few places in west Rajasthan. The chief amounts of precipitation (in cm) are: Chandigarh 4, Haryana: Ambala and Panchkula 3 each, Ayanagarh (Delhi), Kalka, Naraingarh and Panipat 2 each and Delhi Ridge, Jagadhari, Kaithal, Nilokheri, New Delhi (Palam and Safdarjung), Sonepat and Thanesar 1 each, Himachal Pradesh: Kangra 4, Bangana, Bharwain, Dehragopipur, Ghamroor, Guler, Nagrota Surian and Sangraha 3 each, Dharampur, Kahu, Nadaun, Rajgarh and Una 2 each and Berthin, Barsar, Jhandutta, Kasol, Kotkhai, Kandaghat, Nahan, Rampurbushar, Shimla and Sujanpur Tira 1 each, Punjab: Patiala 5, Bhatinda, Halwara and Mukerian 2 each and Amritsar, Adampur, Balchaur, Ludhiana and Nangal 1 each, East Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow 2 and Allahabad 1, West Uttar Pradesh: Bareilly and Hindon 2 each, Uttaranchal: Dehradun and Mukteshwar 4 each and Pantnagar 2. Snowfall Report (Cms): Himachal Pradesh: Dhundhi 46, Solangnala 35 and Bhang and Patsio 19 each.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell largely in west Rajasthan, fell markedly in east Rajasthan, fell in Punjab, rose in east Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were appreciably above normal in Haryana and east Uttar Pradesh, above normal in PUnjab, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region.

The lowest temperature in the plains was 3° C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of February 3: Rain or snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in Haryana, Punjab and east Rajasthan and at isolated places in west Rajasthan.

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

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of February 3: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Fog in the morning. Minimum temperature will be around 7° C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of February 3: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.