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SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	—	08.0
Amritsar	19.2	02.2
Bhuntar	14.9	02.6
Hisar	—	08.2
Jammu	—	08.2
Karnal	—	08.2
Ludhiana	20.0	08.9
Patiala	20.5	07.4
Shimla	12.0	02.2
Srinagar	—	00.8
Sundernagar	19.4	03.8

NATION

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

Station	Max	Min	TR	R
Ahmedabad	26	14	0	0
Allahabad	23	15	3	22
Bangalore	27	19	0	1
Bhopal	21	14	1	2
Bhubaneswar	28	17	0	13
Chennai	31	24	0	tr
Dehra Dun	21	09	0	62
Gangtok	13	07	0	28
Guwahati	25	12	0	17
Gaya	24	16	7	18
Hyderabad	27	19	0	40
Kolkata	27	16	0	25
Lucknow	25	15	1	12
Mangalore	31	22	0	0
Mumbai	26	18	1	1
Nagpur	22	15	78	129
New Delhi	21	09	0	2
Panjim	30	20	0	0
Patna	23	16	3	23
Pune	25	13	10	10
Sholapur	30	18	0	0
Surat	28	14	0	—
Thiruvananthapuram	33	25	0	1
Visakhapatnam	31	22	tr	9

Minimum temperatures rise in J&K, UP
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 31
Rainfall: Rain/snow has occurred at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh. Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in east Uttar Pradesh. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of precipitation in cms. are: Himachal Pradesh: Dhundhi 3, Patsio 2 and Solangnala 1 and Jammu and Kashmir: Quazigund 5 and Banihal 2. Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures rose in Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh and changed little elsewhere. Departures: They were below normal in West Rajasthan, appreciably above normal in Uttar Pradesh, above normal in east Rajasthan and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 2.2°C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of February 2: Rain/snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana, east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in west Rajasthan.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of February 2: Partly cloudy sky. Mist in the morning. Minimum temperature will be around 08°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of February 2: Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.