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SPECIAL COVERAGE

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

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50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

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

Ambala	37.6	21.6
Amritsar	37.8	22.8
Bhuntar	32.0	11.4
Hisar	38.5	22.2
Jammu	—	24.1
Karnal	35.5	22.2
Ludhiana	37.2	20.4
Patiala	37.0	21.9
Shimla	25.1	13.4
Srinagar	—	12.1
Sundernagar	33.7	14.1

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	39	27	0	78
Bangalore	30	21	4	78
Bhopal	40	27	0	0
Bhubaneswar	37	27	0	181
Chennai	37	28	0	38
Dehra Dun	32	19	0	17
Gangtok	22	16	34	290
Guwahati	30	15	0	99
Hyderabad	38	23	44	57
Jaipur	39	26	0	98
Kolkata	35	26	0	88
Lucknow	39	25	0	147
Mumbai	33	27	tr	185
New Delhi	35	23	0	24
Panjim	31	25	1	336
Patna	38	27	0	241
Ranchi	37	24	0	221
Shillong	23	17	38	123
Thiruvananthapuram	33	24	0	17

Rain likely in HP, J&K
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 18
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and west Rajasthan.Weather was mainly dry in the rest of the region. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Jammu and Kashmir: Bhaderwah 1.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: The maximum temperatures rose appreciably in Punjab, fell in Haryana, west Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and changed little elsewhere. Departure: This was largely below normal in Haryana and Punjab, markedly below normal in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, appreciably below normal in west Rajasthan and Uttaranchal, above normal in east Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The highest temperature in the region was 43.5°C recorded at Varanasi AP (Uttar Pradesh).

Forecast valid until the morning of of June 20: Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Punjab and east Uttar Pradesh. Isolated duststorm/thunderstorm is likely in Haryana, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh. Isolated thunder-squalls are likely in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of June 20: Partly cloudy sky with possibility of thundry development/light rain accompanied with squall in some areas. The maximum temperature will be around 38°C.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning
of June 20: Light rain is likely at a few places. Squall with wind speed exceeding 65 km ph is likely at isolated places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Temperatures below normal in region

Chandigarh, June 18
The maximum temperatures at many places in North India today continued to stay below normal as the region was lashed by rains earlier this week. Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 38°C, a degree below normal, the Meteorological Department said here.

Delhi recorded a high of 37.6, three degrees below normal.

Ambala was also cooler by two degrees than its normal range at 37.6°C while the high at Karnal settled at 35.5° C, down five degrees.

Amritsar recorded a high of 37.8°C, down two degrees. The maximum at Ludhiana settled at 37.2°C, four degrees below normal, while Patiala was cooler by three degrees at 37°C.

Shimla had a pleasant day at 25.1°C, which was four degrees below normal. Sundernagar recorded a high of 33.7°C while Kalpa braved a cold day registering a maximum temperature of 20°C.

The Meteorological Office forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers at a few places in Himachal and at isolated places in Punjab and Haryana over the next two days.
— PTI