light to moderate rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at a few places in Uttarakhand on Thursday. However, it was quite hot in Dehradun with the mercury shooting up close to 37.6 degree Celsius on Wednesday. Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is rain/thunder showers in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 36ºC and 22ºC respectively in the city on Thursday.
The maximum temperature settled at 37.6ºC (three degree above the normal) while the minimum at 19.9ºC (one degree below the normal) in Dehradun. It was 23.8ºC (normal) and 13.4ºC (one degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 39.4ºC (three degree above the normal) and 20.8ºC (one degree below the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 26.6 degree Celsius while the minimum was 13.0 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
The highest maximum temperature 39.4°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest minimum temperature 12.1°C was recorded at Munsiyari. He further said that very light to moderate rainfall had occurred at a few places in Uttarakhand on Wednesday. By 8.30 mm on Wednesday, 40 mm rainfall was reported in Nainital, 30 mm rainfall in Tehri, 20 mm rainfall each in Kapkot, Devprayag and New Tehri and 10 mm rainfall each in Dehradun and Mussoorie.