Rather heavy to heavy rainfall was recorded at isolated places in Kumaon region, while moderate to rather heavy at many places in Garhwal region in the last 24 hours on Wednesday.
Moreover, the Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast light to moderate rain at many places and moderate to rather heavy rainfall at isolated places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Southern districts of the state on Thursday. However, the State Capital received light rainfall measured as 11 mm, brought relief to the residents from hot and humid conditions on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, rather heavy rainfall to heavy rainfall was recorded at various isolated places in the State in the last 24 hours by 8.30 am on Wednesday. 110 mm rainfall was recorded in Nainital district, 106 mm in Devprayag, 100 mm in Haldwani, 67.8 mm in Tehri, 79.4 mm in Mukteshwar, 56 mm in Munsiyari, 45.2 mm in Pithoragarh, 40.2 mm in Almora, 43.4 in Ranikhet, 65.5 mm in Bageshwar, 88.2 mm in Kausani, 54 mm in Chamoli, 26.8 mm in Karnprayag, 30.4 mm in Joshimath, 15 mm in Tharali, 12 mm in Banbasa, 52 mm in Champawat, 10.6 mm in Dehradun, 52 mm in Kotdwar, 40 mm in landsdown, 58.6 mm in Barkot, 35.6 mm in Bhatwari, 82.5 mm in Jakholi, 61 mm in Rudraprayag, 33.4 mm in Pantnagar and 37.2 mm in Uttarkashi.
Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Dr Anand Sharma said that State received moderate to heavy rainfall at isolated places on Wednesday. The areas in higher altitudes like Tapovan, Malari, Joshimath, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Kailash Mansarovar route and Auli might have been received light to moderate rain on Wednesday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 30.0°C and 23.9°C respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is cloudy sky and rain/ thunder storm at isolated places in the district. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 29°C and 23°C respectively on Thursday in Dehradun.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Thursday is light to moderate rain/thunder storm at many places in Uttarakhand. Rather heavy rainfall may occur a few places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Rudraprayag districts. Heavy rainfall could occur at isolated places in south Uttarakhand, especially in some parts of Pauri, Nainital, and Almora districts, he added.