After two days of shower, Dehradun saw a sunny day on Friday. However, the climate remained cool with the maximum temperature in the State capital settling at one degree below the normal.
The weathermen forecast light rain/thundershower for isolated places, especially in higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts. However, the climate would be dry in the rest of Uttarakhand.
Over the past 24 hours, light to moderate rain, thunderstorm was reported from some places while the spell was heavy at a few places. Hail was also reported from some places.
By 8.30 am on Friday, 70 mm rainfall was reported in Haridwar, 40 mm each in Joshimath and Munsiyari, 20 mm each in Chaukhutiya, Gairsain, Karnprayag, Pauri, Roorkee, Jakholi and Ukhimath, 10 mm each in Almora, Ranikhet, Bageshwar, Kapkot, Dehradun, Jolly Grant, lansdown, Srinagar, Devprayag, Keertinagar, Mukteshwar, Dharchula, Bhatwari and Dunda, 6.5 mm in New Tehri and 11.2 mm in Mukteshwar.
The highest maximum temperature 34.8 °C was recorded at Jolly Grant while the lowest minimum temperature 6.8 °C was recorded at Mukteshwar.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30 ºC and 15 ºC respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
The Met official said that while the maximum settled at 30.2 ºC (one degree below the normal) and the minimum at 16.9ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 17.2ºC (four degree below the normal) and 6.8ºC (two degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 33.7 ºC (normal) and 20.8ºC (seven degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Friday.
In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 18.0 degree Celsius while the minimum was 6.9 degree Celsius on Friday.