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SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

NATIONAL CAPITAL

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)

Ambala	34.7	18.0
Amritsar	33.6	15.5
Bhuntar	22.4	12.6
Hisar	36.4	20.6
Jammu	28.3	16.9
Karnal	32.6	17.8
Ludhiana	33.8	17.4
Patiala	33.8	18.7
Rohtak	—	20.2
Shimla	21.0	10.3
Srinagar	18.2	09.4
Sundernagar	27.6	15.1

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	41	28	0	0
Allahabad	41	26	—	—
Aurangabad	40	23	0	0
Bangalore	34	20	28	46
Baroda	40	26	0	0
Bhopal	40	25	0	0
Bhubaneshwar	35	25	0	1
Bhuj	39	25	0	0
Chennai	38	28	0	8
Dehra Dun	34	17	4	8
Guwahati	28	21	24	509
Gaya	42	25	0	0
Hyderabad	37	26	0	85
Indore	39	26	0	0
Jaipur	40	23	1	1
Jammu	33	17	—	—
Jamshedpur	39	23	0	15
Kolkata	35	27	0	72
Lucknow	40	20	8	9
Mahabaleshwar	34	20	0	2
Mangalore	34	26	0	13
Mumbai	34	27	0	0
Nagpur	43	26	0	—
Panjim	34	26	0	0
Patna	37	21	24	24
Pune	38	19	0	0
Ranchi	36	21	2	24
Shillong	21	13	15	109
Solapur	43	27	0	16
Srinagar	15	09	10	76
Surat	36	28	0	0
Tiruchirapalli	38	27	0	3
Thiruvananthapuram	34	22	44	126
Udaipur	40	26	0	0
Visakhapatnam	36	24	20	21

Rain, thundershowers bring relief
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 23
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers were reported from most places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at many places in Jammu and Kashmir and west Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in Haryana and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms were: Haryana: Jagadhari and New Delhi (Safdarjung) 3 each, Delhi Ridge and Thanesar 2 each and Chhachhrauli and Karnal 1 each.

Himachal Pradesh: Barsar, Bangana, Bhuntar, Pandoh and Solan 1 each.

Jammu and Kashmir: Banihal, Batote and Pahalgam 2 each and Katra, Quazigund and Srinagar 1 each, East Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow A.P. 1, West Uttar Pradesh: Hindon 3 and Uttaranchal: Tehri 1.

New Delhi reported hailstorm. Temperatures: Past 24 hours changes: Maximum temperatures fell appreciably in Haryana, Punjab and west Rajasthan, fell in Jammu and Kashmir and west Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were appreciably above normal in east Rajasthan, above normal in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, appreciably below normal in Jammu and Kashmir and west Rajasthan, below normal in Punjab and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 43.9°C recorded at Dholpur (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of April 25: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Haryana, Punjab and Uttaranchal. Duststorms/ thunderstorms are likely at a few places in east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in west Rajasthan.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of April 25: Partly cloudy with the possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas. Weather is likely to improve tomorrow. Maximum temperature will be around 35°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of April 25: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.