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	31.2	15.4
Amritsar	28.4	9.0
Bhuntar	23.6	6.2
Hisar	31.4	15.3
Jammu	28.8	15.6
Karnal	28.4	15.3
Ludhiana	28.8	12.4
Patiala	29.7	13.8
Rohtak	—	14.7
Shimla	17.2	5.3
Srinagar	13.7	4.1
Sundernagar	27.4	9.6

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	34	14	0	0
Bangalore	31	20	7	77
Bhopal	34	17	0	45
Bhubaneswar	34	21	—	5
Chennai	33	24	0	26
Dehra Dun	28	13	1	1
Gangtok	19	09	0	0
Guwahati	31	17	0	0
Hyderabad	33	22	1	13
Jaipur	33	15	0	0
Kolkata	34	24	0	0
Lucknow	35	17	0	0
Mumbai	31	22	0	0
New Delhi	33	15	0	0
Panjim	33	20	0	0
Patna	34	15	0	0
Shillong	22	11	0	0
Thiruvananthapuram	33	25	0	48

Rain likely in Punjab, Haryana
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 7
Rainfall: Rain/snow has occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir, at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and at isolated places in Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers have occurred at isolated places in Punjab. Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm are: Himachal Pradesh: Sunibhaji 1 and Jammu and Kashmir: Bhaderwah 1.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures fell in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttaranchal and changed little elsewhere. Departure: This was appreciably above normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 35.9°C recorded at Allahabad and Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh).

Past 24 hours change: The minimum temperatures changed little.

Departure: This was appreciably above normal in west Uttar Pradesh, above normal in Haryana and Uttaranchal and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 9°C recorded at Amritsar (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of March 9: Rain/snow will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at a few places in Uttaranchal. Rain/thundershowers are likely at isolated places in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Weather will be mainly dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of March 9: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundery development/light rain in some areas. Mist in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 30°C and 15°C respectively.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of March 9: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.