Rain already having damaged standing crops and fruits in several parts of the state, light rain accompanied by mild wind lashed Dehradun on Tuesday. The meteorological centre has forecast moderate rain/thunderstorm at most places in the state on Wednesday too. Hail/squall is also likely to occur at isolated places in the state on the day, the weather officials said.
It is learnt that the wheat and other crops sown by the farmers of Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts have been damaged by the rain spell. Besides, the fruits grown in the hills have also suffered damage due to continuing wet spell dragging for the past one week.
In Dehradun, while the day broke on a sunny note clouds started gathering around noon and it rained in the evening. It continued at various places in the state capital while this story was being filed. While the maximum temperature settled at 31.5 degree Celsius the minimum was 17.6 degree Celsius in the city on the day. The highest maximum temperature of the state 29.9°C was recorded at Jaspur while the lowest minimum temperature 8.0°C was recorded in Nainital.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is partly to generally cloudy sky with the possibility of one or two spells of rain/thunderstorm, accompanied with hail/thunder squall in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 28 degree Celsius and 17 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday.
As per the chart sent by the weather department, in Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 32.6 degree Celsius and 15.2 degree Celsius, respectively. In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 21.4 degree Celsius and 8.5 degree Celsius. In New Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 21.4 degree Celsius and 11.2 degree Celsius respectively.
According to a Met official, hail occurred at isolated places in Champawat in Uttarakhand. While 30 mm rainfall was reported each in Jolly Grant and Rishikesh 20 mm each in Dhanauri and Srinagar , 10 mm each in Keertinagar, Ramnagar, Haridwar and Uttarkashi, 13. 6 mm in Dehradun, 2.8 mm in New Tehri, 2.2 mm in Mukteshwar and 6.5 mm in Pantnagar.
Bikram Singh, director of meteorological department, said that rain/thunderstorm is likely to lash some places in the state on April 11 while it might rain at isolated places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts on April 12. The climate would turn dry on April 13, he added.