Winds accompanied with rainfall during the evening hours in the State capital and other parts of the state brought some relief to the people on Tuesday. Prior to the rainfall, it was quite hot in Dehradun with the mercury shooting up close to 36 degree Celsius. The highest maximum temperature 36.6°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest minimum temperature 11.4°C was recorded at Munsiyari on Tuesday, the weathermen informed.
The mercury hovering in the neighbourhood of 36 degree Celsius, traffic was thin on the city roads during the day hours. “The rain that occurred during the evening hours has elated us. We would have a cooler night today thanks to it,” said a homemaker Sunita from Dalanwala. The youngsters and the children were found getting drenched in the rain in several areas of the city. However, as a storm of a mild intensity lashed the city the power connection snapped in many localities.
The maximum temperature settled at 35.8ºC (one degree above the normal) while the minimum at 22.5ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun. It was 22.4ºC (one degree above the normal) and 13.3ºC (one degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 36.6ºC (one degree below the normal) and 21.1ºC (one degree below the normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 26.1 degree Celsius while the minimum was 14.2 degree Celsius on Tuesday.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that very light to light rainfall had occurred at isolated places across Uttarakhand. By 8.30 am on Tuesday, 10 mm rainfall was reported in Ukhimath while 0.2mm rainfall in Mukteshwar, he informed.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Wednesday is light to moderate rain/thunder shower at a few places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts and at isolated places in the rest of Uttarakhand.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky and thunder cloud development in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34ºC and 20ºC respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday, said Singh.