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TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	42.4	25.1
Amritsar	40.6	24.2
Bhuntar	33.5	14.6
Dharamsala	—	19.7
Hisar	—	25.4
Jammu	—	25.1
Karnal	40.1	25.4
Ludhiana	40.9	26.2
Patiala	41.5	26.5
Shimla	29.3	18.7
Srinagar	—	13.3
Sundernagar	40.1	18.9

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	42	28	0	1
Bangalore	29	21	8	100
Bhopal	43	30	0	1
Bhubaneswar	42	29	0	3
Chennai	38	30	0	4
Dehra Dun	37	24	0	0
Gangtok	25	17	24	211
Hyderabad	36	25	0	11
Jaipur	42	28	0	7
Kolkata	37	29	0	58
Lucknow	43	29	0	0
Mumbai	35	26	2	3
New Delhi	40	29	0	29
Panjim	33	26	3	38
Patna	44	30	0	0
Ranchi	41	25	0	7
Shillong	25	18	—	—
Thiruvananthapuram	30	26	0	127

Dry weather in region
Tribune news Service

New Delhi, June 11
Heat wave conditions have developed in parts of east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh.

Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have been reported at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose in Jammu and Kashmir, fell in Punjab and changed a little elsewhere. Departure: This was markedly above normal in east Uttar Pradesh, appreciably above normal in east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, above normal in Uttaranchal, below normal in Punjab and normal in the rest of the region. The highest maximum temperature in the region was 45.4°C recorded at Jhalawar (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of June 13: Rain/thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttaranchal. Isolated dust storm/thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 13: Mainly clear sky with dust haze. Dust storm/thunderstorm, accompanied with squall, is likely in some areas. Rise in day temperature. The maximum temperature will be around 42°C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of June 13th: Duststorm/thunderstorm is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 km pm is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Hisar hottest at 43.6°C

Chandigarh, June 11
After a brief respite, the maximum temperatures today rose by a few degrees in the northern region and Hisar in Haryana turned out to be the hottest zone recording a high of 43.6°C.

Ambala was also hot recording a high of 42.4°C while Karnal recorded a maximum of 40.1°C, according to the Meteorological Department here.

Chandigarh also had a hot day and the mercury here touched 41.8°C.

Heat conditions also gripped Patiala which recorded a high of 41.5°C. Ludhiana had a high of 40.9°C while Amritsar recorded a similar high at 40.6°C.

Sundernagar was the hottest place in the Himachal Pradesh recording a high of 40.1°C. Though pleasant, the high at Shimla today was recorded five degrees above normal at 29.3°C. Bhuntar recorded a high of 33.5°C.

The Met Department has forecast dust storm or thunderstorm with light rains are likely at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana over the next two days. —PTI