Moderate rain lashed Dehradun on Saturday morning, providing relief to the people who had been grappling with a sultry climate for the past few days. Bikram Singh, director Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre, said that moderate rainfall was reported from various places in the state capital and other parts of Garhwal region on Saturday. He further said that while Dehradun experienced 95 per cent humidity it was 96 per cent in New Tehri, 100 per cent in Mukteshwar and 92 percent in Pantnagar on Saturday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is partly to generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at a few places.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is partly to generally cloudy sky and rain/thunder showers at some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degree Celsius and 23 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Sunday.
Monsoon remaining normal in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, by 8.30 am on Saturday, 60 mm rainfall was recorded each from Dehradun and Munsiyari, 50 mm each in Dharchula and Banbasa, 40 mm in Haldwani, 30 mm each in Ramnagar, Kapkot and Chamoli, 5.8 mm in Tehri, 14.0 mm in Mukteshwar and 12.4 mm in Pantnagar. The hhighest maximum temperature of the state 35.3°C was recorded at Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district.