The rain, snow spell would continue for the next two days in the higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts while the climate would be dry in the rest of Uttarakhand.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Thursday that light rainfall and hail storm had occurred at a few places in Uttarakhand on Thursday. light rain was reported from some places in Dehradun on Wednesday night while the figure of rain was 6.1 mm each in Tehri and Mukteshwar and 0.1 mm in Pantnagar.
Meanwhile, the maximum temperatures are markedly above the normal in the plains and normal in the hills of the state. Highest maximum temperature 30.7°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest 2.6°C was recorded at New Tehri.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 27ºC and 11ºC respectively in Dehradun on Friday.
While the maximum settled at 27.1ºC (two degree above the normal) and the minimum at 11.8ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun it was 15.0ºC (one degree below the normal) and 3.5ºC (one degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 30.7ºC (two degree above the normal) and 11.1ºC (two degree above the normal) in Pantnagar on Thursday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 15.6 degree Celsius while the minimum was 2.6 degree Celsius on Thursday.