After a day’s wet spell, the climate remained dry on Thursday though the sky was partly overcast for most part of the day.
The weathermen said that as there is no possibility of rain for a week and since Friday the mercury would again on the upward curve.
The rain/hail in the plains and snow in the higher reaches of the hills had brought down the maximum temperature by several notches on Wednesday.
The rainy spell had continued till late Wednesday night.
By 8.30 am on Thursday, 30 mm rainfall was reported in Tyuni, 25.4 mm in Tehri, 20 mm each in Badkot, Dunda, Bhatwadi and Uttarkashi, 10 mm each in Karnprayag, Pauri, Dehradun, Srinagar, Devprayag, Gairsain, Jolly Grant, Chaukhutia and Munsiyari and 1.6 mm each in Mukteshwar and Pantnagar.
While the day was sunny in Dehradun light clouds gathered as the day advanced. However, no rain was reported from any part of the city on Thursday.
While the maximum temperature settled at 30.2 degree Celsius the minimum hovered at 14.0 degree Celsius in the city on the day.
The highest maximum temperature of the state 33.6°C was recorded at Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district while the lowest minimum temperature 4.3°C was recorded at Munsiyari in Pithoragarh district, the Met officials said.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is mainly clear sky.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 28 degree Celsius and 11 degree Celsius respectively in the city as per the forecast.
Uttarakhand meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the climate would turn generally dry across the state from Friday and the same would continue for the next few days.
There is no possibility of rain anywhere in the state for the next seven days and the mercury would soar, he said.
As per the chart sent by the weather department, in Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 32.6 degree Celsius and 12.7 degree Celsius, respectively.
In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 16.8 degree Celsius and 4.8 degree Celsius.
In New Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 17.6 degree Celsius and 6.0 degree Celsius respectively.