A thunderstorm accompanied by rain brought some relief from the sweltering heat in provisional state capital of Dehradun on Sunday afternoon. The squall however uprooted trees in many areas which snapped power lines resulting in power outages in some areas. The rains brought down temperature, which has been soaring from last many days, by some notches much to the relief of the people.
In its forecast, the meteorology department has informed that light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur in many areas of Uttarakhand on Monday. The weathermen have also predicted thunderstorm along with showers in state capital Dehradun on Monday areas. Partly to generally cloudy sky is likely to prevail in most parts of the state. The maximum and minimum temperature in Dehradun is likely to remain at 35 and 23 degree Celsius respectively.
Weathermen recorded a maximum temperature of 35.6 degree Celsius and minimum temperature of 26.1 degree Celsius in Dehradun on Sunday. Mukteshwar in Nainital district recorded a maximum temperature of 27 degrees while a minimum temperature of 15.7 degree Celsius was recorded in this hill town. The temperature data clearly shows that both maximum and minimum temperature in almost all places are few notches above average.