The cloudy sky in Dehradun and light to moderate rainfall in the higher reaches made the maximum temperature in Dehradun dip by about four degree Celsius on Thursday as compared to Wednesday.
The Meteorological centre has forecast hail at isolated places, especially in the hills, on Friday. Thunder squall is likely to occur at isolated places on Friday.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the maximum temperature settled at 34.4ºC (one degree below the normal) while the minimum at 23.4ºC (one degree above the normal) in Dehradun. It was 23.2ºC (normal) and 14.1ºC (one degree above the normal) in Mukteshwar and 36.4ºC (normal) and 24.1ºC (normal) in Pantnagar. In Tehri district, maximum temperature was reported as 25.2 degree Celsius while the minimum was 16.4 degree Celsius on Thursday.
Singh said that the weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Friday is light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is partly to generally cloudy sky and likely rain/thunder showers in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 37ºC and 24ºC respectively in the city on Friday, Singh added.