Some places spread over four districts — Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Pithoragarh — are likely to have rain, thunder shower for at least two days from April 27 while the climate would remain dry in the rest of the State, said the Met officials, adding that another Western disturbance approaching the State would trigger rain and thunderstorm in some parts of the State.
Meanwhile, the mercury hovering in the 35 degree Celsius has left the residents of Dehradun grappling with the heat. With some localities on the fringes of the city reeling under acute water scarcity, water tankers were sent by the district administration on Monday. The climate remaining hot and humid, the roads and the markets were found nearly deserted during the daytime as was the scene for the past few days.
The highest maximum temperature 36.7°C was recorded at Jolly grant while the lowest minimum temperature 9.8° was recorded at Munsiyari. The weather forecast for Tuesday for Dehradun is mainly clear sky. The maximum and the minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34 degree Celsius and 20 degree Celsius respectively in the city on Tuesday.
While the maximum settled at 35.2ºC (one degree above the normal) and the minimum at 21.0ºC (three degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 26.6ºC (three degree above the normal) and 12.3ºC (two degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 37.4ºC (one degree above normal) and 20.2ºC (three degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Monday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 25.1 degree Celsius while the minimum was 14.7 degree Celsius on Monday. Very light to light rainfall occurred at isolated places in Uttarakhand on Monday, said the weather officials.