People got some respite from heat following rainfall in the higher mountains on Thursday.
The maximum temperature of Dehradun settled at 32 degree Celsius on Thursday, a few notches lower than on the previous day. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Friday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky and very light to light rain/thunder shower/snow at isolated places, especially in the high altitude areas.
While the maximum settled at 33.2ºC and the minimum at 18.8ºC in Dehradun it was 21.7ºC and 10.5ºC in Mukteshwar and 35.8ºC and 17.8ºC in Pantnagar on Thursday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 22.5 degree Celsius while the minimum was 10.9 degree Celsius on Thursday.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that rainy spell might continue for the next few days under the influence of the Western disturbances present in the state. The weather forecast for Friday in Dehradun is mainly clear sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34 degree Celsius and 18 degree Celsius respectively here on Friday.
In the State, the highest maximum temperature 36.8°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest minimum temperature 8.9°C was recorded at Munsiyari.