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Friday, April 18, 2003, Chandigarh, India

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Rain likely in HP, Uttaranchal

CHANDIGARH

The maximum temperature on Thursday was 36.2ºC (97.2ºF) and the minimum 29.6ºC (69.1ºF).
The maximum relative humidity was 68 per cent and the minimum 18 per cent.
Sunset: Friday : 6.52
Sunrise: Saturday : 5.54
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY: Mainly clear sky.

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REGION

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)
Ambala	36.9	21.3
Amritsar	38.1	18.0
Bhuntar	29.4	9.9
Hisar	—	23.3
Jammu	—	20.8
Ludhiana	35.9	19.0
Patiala	37.3	18.2
Rohtak	—	22.5
Shimla	23.0	13.1
Sundernagar	31.5	13.6

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	37	27	0	0
Aurangabad	40	23	0	19
Bangalore	35	23	0	19
Baroda	38	26	0	0
Bhopal	40	23	0	3
Bhubaneswar	38	27	0	39
Chennai	35	26	0	15
Dehra Dun	32	17	0	51
Gangtok	18	12	4	366
Guwahati	28	22	tr	261
Hyderabad	40	27	0	35
Indore	39	22	0	0
Jaipur	38	25	0	0
Jammu	33	21	—	—
Jamshedpur	41	25	0	69
Kolkata	36	21	30	88
Kolhapur	39	21	10	10
Lucknow	40	23	6	17
Mahabaleshwar	35	21	0	16
Mangalore	36	26	0	0
Mumbai	33	27	0	0
Nagpur	42	25	0	61
New Delhi	37	23	0	5
Patna	36	25	0	9
Pune	40	21	0	1
Rajkot	37	24	0	5
Ranchi	38	21	0	74
Shillong	23	14	0	89
Shimla	20	13	0	121
Sholapur	40	29	0	47
Srinagar	19	08	3	213
Surat	37	25	0	0
Thiruvananthpuram	33	24	3	92
Visakhapatnam	37	28	0	24

Rain likely in HP, Uttaranchal

New Delhi, April 17
Rainfall: Rain or snow has occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in east Uttar Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. Dhundhi (Himachal Pradesh) recorded 1 cm of precipitation.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Maximum temperatures rose in Jammu and Kashmir, fell appreciably in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, fell in Haryana and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were above normal in east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region.

The highest temperature in the region was 42.4°C recorded at Banda (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of April 19: Rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in east Uttar Pradesh. Isolated duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in south Rajasthan. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of April 19: Mainly clear sky with dust haze. Maximum temperature will be around 39°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of April 19: Sky will be mainly clear.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.