The trend of the mercury soaring up might be arrested for a couple of days as the meteorological centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places in the State from Wednesday.
Met officials said that the western disturbances would trigger the wet spell. The maximum temperature of Dehradun and other parts of the State are expected to dip by a few degrees on Wednesday and on Thursday if it rains as forecast. The day in Dehradun on Tuesday was sunny.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Wednesday is hail/squall at isolated places, especially in Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Tehri, Nainital and Pithoragarh districts.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is partly to generally cloudy sky and possibility of rain/thunder showers accompanied with squall in some areas.
While the maximum temperature settled at 33.2 degree Celsius the minimum hovered at 14.01 degree Celsius in the city on the day.
Uttarakhand meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the climate was generally dry across the state on Tuesday.
The highest maximum temperature of the state 33.7°C was recorded at Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district while the lowest minimum temperature 5.2°C was recorded at Matela in Almora district.
As per the chart sent by the weather department, in Pantnagar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33.5 degree Celsius and 9.2 degree Celsius, respectively.
In Mukteshwar, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 23.5 degree Celsius and 8.5 degree Celsius.
In New Tehri, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 23.6 degree Celsius and 10.4 degree Celsius respectively.