Weekend provided relief from the heavy rainfall which disrupted the normal life across the State and in the State capital in the past few days. After two days of constant drizzle Sunday went rainless and dry weather conditions were witnessed in the city.
According to the Met officials moisture incursion from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea is witnessed and rain would occur at several places in Western parts of the State and in few eastern parts of the State.
The city witnessed rains at few places and some places witnessed sun shine for brief period but overall the weather conditions remained dry throughout the day.
Rainfall in the past few days has decreased the rainfall deficit in the State which is now at 17 per cent. The city has a different picture which reported around four per cent excess few days ago and on Sunday the rainfall was recorded at a deficit of two per cent which is negligible according to the Met officials.
City received less rain on Saturday and the same pattern was observed on Sunday as well. On Sunday clear sky was visible in the evening making the weather conditions pleasant.
It was a welcome change for the traders and Muslims of the city who were waiting for clear weather to complete their shopping for Eid festival. In the past 24 hours Guna received 5 cm of rainfall, Betul 4 cm, Sheopur Kalan 3 cm, Pachmari received 2 cm of rainfall and several places received 1 cm of rainfall.
On Sunday, Betul received 33 mm of rainfall; Sheopur Kalan received 18 mm of rain. Another change witnessed due to the less rains was the increase in the day temperatures. Gwalior recorded day temperature at 36.8 degree celsius and Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 32.1 degree celsius on Sunday.