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	38.7	25.2
Amritsar	43.2	25.6
Bhuntar	34.5	15.1
Hisar	—	30.0
Ludhiana	42.0	26.8
Patiala	39.4	23.1
Rohtak	—	29.3
Shimla	26.0	18.7
Srinagar	—	15.8
Sundernagar	35.1	18.6

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	40	28	0	4
Bangalore	31	21	tr	273
Bhopal	36	22	8	216
Bhubaneswar	36	27	0	133
Chennai	37	24	15	55
Dehra Dun	33	24	1	298
Gangtok	22	18	0	694
Guwahati	37	25	34	466
Hyderabad	35	23	33	183
Jaipur	41	28	0	58
Kolkata	36	27	7	122
Lucknow	38	28	0	97
Mumbai	35	28	0	7
New Delhi	39	28	0	85
Panjim	33	23	53	122
Patna	38	29	0	36
Ranchi	34	23	0	123
Shillong	26	18	3	172
Thiruvananthapuram	30	23	7	209

Sriganganagar hottest at 44.9°C
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at many places in Uttaranchal, at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and at isolated places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, east Rajasthan and east Uttar Pradesh. Weather was dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Ambala 1, Punjab: Patiala 3 and East Uttar Pradesh: Bahraich 2.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and west Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were appreciably above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, above normal in Himachal Pradesh, appreciably below normal in west Uttar Pradesh, below normal in east Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 44.9°C recorded at Sriganganagar (Rajasthan).

Forecast valid until the morning of May 28, 2006: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in east Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Isolated duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in Rajasthan. Isolated thunder-squalls are likely in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of May 28 2006: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundershowers accompanied with squall in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 40°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of May 28, 2006: Light rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places.

Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 kmph is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.