The people of Uttarakhand reeling under the protracted heat spell for the last few days received a respite following rain and squall that lashed many places across the State, including Dehradun, on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Strong winds followed by drizzling continued into Sunday morning. Subsequent to the rain/storm, the mercury dipped by some notches, said the Met officials. They further said that under the impact of the western disturbances which are still active in the state, more rains accompanied by thunder squalls might lash a large swathe of the state in the coming two days. The maximum temperature of Dehradun settled at 33.1 degree Celsius, one degree Celsius than normal, on Sunday.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Monday is light rain/thunder shower/snow at isolated places, especially in higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts while dry weather is likely to prevail in the rest of Uttarakhand. Besides, it might snow at places with height of 3500 m and above.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Monday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34 ºC and 18 ºC respectively in Dehradun on Monday.
While the maximum settled at 33.1ºC (one degree below the normal) and the minimum at 17.7ºC (one degree below the normal) in Dehradun it was 19.0ºC (four degree below the normal) and 7.6ºC (three degree below the normal) in Mukteshwar and 36.3ºC (normal) and 18ºC (normal) in Pantnagar on Sunday. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 16.8 degree Celsius while the minimum was 6.9 degree Celsius on Sunday.
Highest maximum temperature 36.6°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest minimum temperature 6.9°C was recorded at Tehri.