The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	28.8	16.5
Amritsar	28.8	13.5
Bhuntar	26.9	8.5
Hisar	—	17.9
Jammu	—	16.8
Karnal	28.3	14.1
Ludhiana	29.4	14.9
Patiala	29.1	14.6
Shimla	20.7	12.5
Srinagar	—	5.8
Sundernagar	27.9	12.2

NATION

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

Stations	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	36	17	0	0
Allabahad	32	16	0	0
Bangalore	33	17	0	0
Baroda	36	19	0	0
Bhopal	34	17	0	0
Bhubaneswar	38	23	0	0
Chennai	32	21	0	2
Dehra Dun	29	13	0	18
Guwahati	27	17	0	02
Hyderabad	36	17	0	0
Jaipur	33	17	0	0
Kolkata	34	24	0	0
Lucknow	32	15	0	0
Mangalore	32	23	0	6
Mumbai	33	23	0	0
New Delhi	30	17	0	1
Panjim	33	24	0	0
Ranchi	32	15	0	0
Shillong	20	11	0	3
Surat	36	20	0	0
Tiruchirapalli	34	20	0	15
Thiruvananthapuram	35	23	0	32
Udaipur	34	15	0	0

Temperatures above normal in region
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 20
Rainfall: Rain/snow has occurred at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. Banihal (Jammu and Kashmir) recorded 1 cm of precipitation.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures changed little. Departure: They were largely above normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, markedly above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and appreciably above normal in east Uttar Pradesh. The lowest temperature in the plains was 12.4°C recorded at Sarsawa (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of February 22: Rain/snow is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of February 22: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of Thundry development in some areas towards evening/night. Mist/shallow fog in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 16°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of February 22: Development of thunderclouds likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.