The weather took a turn with rain and hail being experienced in Dehradun, Nainital and other parts of the state on Sunday.
Similar weather conditions are forecast to prevail on Monday too with light to moderate rain/thunderstorm likely to occur at most places in the state.
In Dehradun, people woke up to a rainy Sunday with hail also being experienced in some parts. This caused a drop of nine degrees Celsius in the maximum temperature in Dehradun.
Similar conditions were experienced in Nainital with the resulting marked drop in temperature making people wear the warm clothing some had packed considering the advent of summer. The rain and hail experienced in various parts of the state has exerted a detrimental effect on the standing crops and the fruits. According to the state meteorological centre, the state will experience partly to generally cloudy sky on Monday. Light to moderate rainfall/thunderstorm accompanied with lightning is likely to occur at most places in Uttarakhand.
The meteorological centre has warned of the possibility of hail/lightning likely to occur at isolated places in the state. Thunder squalls of up to 60 kmph are likely to occur at isolated places in the plains of the state.
In Dehradun, the meteorological centre has forecast partly to generally cloudy sky. Rain/thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds is likely to occur in some areas while the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degrees Celsius and 16 degrees Celsius respectively on Monday.
Meanwhile, on Sunday the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various parts of the state were 24.5 degrees Celsius and 16.6 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 28 degrees Celsius and 20.7 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar, 14.5 degrees Celsius and 7.7 degrees Celsius in Mukteshwar and 14.2 degrees Celsius and 10.8 degrees Celsius respectively in New Tehri.