Heavy rainfall lashed the Kumaon region of the State over the past 24 hours. Around 160 mm rainfall was reported from Haldwani while it was 90 mm in Nainital. On Thursday too, it would rain moderately at a few places across Uttarakhand. The sky of Dehradun remained overcast and it rained throughout the day. This resulted in water logging at some places in the city. Students and office goers were inconvenienced because of the rain.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Wednesday, rainfall of varying degrees was reported from some places in the State. While 17.4 mm rainfall was reported from Dehradun, it was 2.3 mm in Tehri, 46.0 mm in Mukteshwar, 47.6 mm in Pantnagar, 160 mm in Haldwnai, 90 mm in Nainital, 80 mm in Okhimath, 50 mm each in Karnprayag, Dhari, Rudraprayag and Jakholi, 40 mm in Almora, 40 mm in Garud, 30 mm in Dwarhat and 30 mm each in Banbasa, Pauri, Srinagar, Uttarkash and Kapkot.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Thursday is partly cloudy sky and light rain/thundershower might occur at many places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32ºC and 23ºC respectively in Dehradun the same day. The maximum temperature was recorded three notches below the normal in the city while the minimum was normal on Wednesday.
The Met centre director Bikram Singh informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 27.0ºC Celsius and 23.1ºC Celsius in Dehradun respectively while it was 18.3ºC and 14.8ºC in Mukteshwar, 18.6ºC and 16.4ºC in Tehri and 32.2ºC and 23.9ºC in Pantnagar on Wednesday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand is light to moderate rainfall/thundershowers at most places till August 21, starting from Wednesday.