Dehradun and other plain districts of Uttarakhand reeled under the rising mercury level on Sunday with maximum temperature touching around 38 degrees Celsius, three degree above the normal in Dehradun.
The minimum temperature at around 22 degrees remained one degree below the normal, said Anand Sharma, director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre on Sunday.
In Dehradun, the maximum and minimum temperature was recorded at 38.5 degrees Celsius and 22.6 degrees Celsius respectively on Sunday. The Met department expects that the heat will rise in the coming days and maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 39 and 23 degrees Celsius respectively on Monday.
According to him, there will be no respite from the hot conditions in the coming days as the wind is dry and no western disturbance is expected.
Sharma said that weather forecast for Dehradun on Monday is mainly clear sky and the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 39 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius respectively.
Weather Forecast for Uttarakhand on Monday is mainly dry weather. Haridwar will continue to experience higher temperatures as compared to Dehradun.
He further said that on Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperature respectively was recorded at 29 degrees Celsius and 14 degrees Celsius in Muketshwar; 38.2 degrees Celsius and 22.4 degrees Celsius in Pantnagar, 27.6 degrees Celsius and 16.4 degrees Celsius in Tehri.
“I had plans to go out for lunch with friends but the weather was so bad that we decided to stay indoors. Power cuts for even a minute in this weather are unbearable,” said Ashok Sachdeva, a resident of Raipur.