Soaring temperature in Dehradun has broken a 16 year old record on Friday with the maximum temperature in the provisional state capital being recorded at 35.9°C while the minimum was recorded at 18.4 °C. The recorded maximum temperature 35.9°C on Friday has broken the records of previous 16 years. The maximum temperature of 37.2°C in the month of March in Dehradun so far was recorded in 1892, said a Meteorological officer.
Despite the soaring temperatures, the city might get some relief from the heat on Saturady and the next couple of days as the Meteorological centre has forecast light rain/thunder shower at isolated places especially in higher reaches of Uttarakhand. Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that dry weather prevailed in the state on Friday.
Meanwhile, many people especially women could be seen using umbrellas and scarves to shield themselves from the clear sunlight. Cart vendors selling cold water, ice cream, cucumbers and other items made brisk earnings as people purchased the various consumables for relief from the heat. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is very light to light rain/thunder shower at isolated places especially in higher reaches of Uttarakhand while on April 3 and 4, very light to light rain/thunder shower has been forecast at isolated places especially in higher reaches of Uttarakhand.
The meteorological centre director further said that across the State on Friday, the highest maximum temperature of 37.6 °C was recorded in the Jolly Grant area on Friday. The lowest minimum temperature of 13.1°C was recorded at Munsiyari on Friday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is cloudy sky and thunder cloud development in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 35ºC and 18ºC respectively in Dehradun on Saturday.
While the maximum settled at 35.9ºC (seven degree above the normal) and the minimum at 18.4ºC (four degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 28ºC (nine degree above the normal) and 13.3ºC (seven degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 35.4ºC (four degree above the normal) and 14ºC (one degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Friday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 26.6 degree Celsius while the minimum was 14.5 degree Celsius on Friday.