Dehradun residents experienced cold climatic condition following snow/rainfall in the higher reaches over the past 24 hours. The maximum temperature dipped by a few degrees while the minimum gained a bit on Saturday.
The Meteorological centre has forecast light rain/snow at isolated places in higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts and dry climate in the rest of Uttarakhand. Snowfall is likely to occur at places with height 2500 metres and above on Sunday.
The minimum temperatures remained normal to below normal in plains and appreciably above normal in the hills of Uttarakhand. lowest minimum temperature 3.6°C was recorded in Pithoragarh. In Dehradun district, the maximum temperature in Dehradun was recorded five degree Celsius less than what was on Friday while the normal gained by two degree.
The Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 19.7ºC (normal) and 7.4ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun respectively while it was 15.0ºC (three degree above the normal) and 5.8ºC (four degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 19.8ºC (one degree below the normal) and 4.0ºC (two degree below the normal) in Pantnagar on Saturday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 13.7 degree Celsius while minimum was 5.8 degree Celsius on Saturday.