After the city sweltered under the blazing sun on Sunday with the mercury soaring as high as 39 degree Celsius, a little bit of drizzling around Monday noon brought some relief to the residents.
However, the maximum temperatures in Dehradun district was recorded around four notches above the normal. The minimum too was recorded above seven notches above the normal, keeping up the discomfort for the people. What is more, there is no possibility of rain till April 21.
Meteorological centre has forecast very light to light rain/thunderstorm at isolated places in Uttarakhand on April 22. Over the past 24 hours at 8.30 am, light rainfall was reported in various parts of the State on Monday. While 2 mm rainfall was reported from Uttarkashi, trace from Dehradun, 1.6 mm from New Tehri, 1 mm from Gairsain and 12 mm from Munsaiyari have been recorded.
Mercury surging up in Dehradun, traffic is found thin in the day hours. “Not just the sweltering heat but the spells of power-cuts has made our life miserable.
The government must do something to ensure power supply during these hot days. However, we are eagerly waiting for rains to cool things down. This was what used to happen here in the old days. Now, things have changed, thanks partly to deforestation and partly to the city bearing with the spiraling number of vehicles in proportion to the increasing population of the city,” said an elderly resident of Dehradun.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that weather forecast in Dehradun on Tuesday is clear to partly cloudy sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be hovering around 36ºC and 17ºC, respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday.
Singh further informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 36.6ºC (four degree above normal) and 24.1 degree (seven notches above the normal) in Dehradun while it was 24.5ºC and 12.6ºC in Tehri, 21.4ºC and 14.7ºC in Mukteshwar and 38.2ºC and 26.1ºC in Pantnagar on Monday.