By IANS
New Delhi : The unseasonal rain lashing the northern plains and north-western parts of the country for the past few days abated Monday even as the mercury across the region stayed below the normal levels.
The national capital had another day of below 30-degree Celsius mark as the mercury hovered around 28 degrees. This was a good six degrees Celsius below what is normal for this time of the season. The day’s low was at around 15 degrees Celsius.
The capital, which received rain over the past few days, remained dry Monday.
The Met Office in its bulletin said the northern plains saw temperatures drop 4-6 degrees Celsius below what is normal for this time of the year.
The Met Office said the temperatures would return to their normal levels in two to three days from Monday.
The following were the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Monday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
New Delhi 28.5 (-6) 16.4 (-3) Nil
Mumbai 32.0 (-1) 23.5 (0) Nil
Chennai 33.1 (0) 25.4 (0) Nil
Kolkata 31.5 (-5) 22.0 (-2) Nil
Ahmedabad 35.0 (-4) 22.8 (+1) Nil
Bangalore 30.0 (-3) 19.9 (-1) Nil
Bhopal 33.5 (-3) 19.5 (0) Nil
Bhubaneswar 33.5 (-4) 22.5 (-3) Nil
Chandigarh 27.4 (-6) 15.0 (-2) Nil
Dehradun 25.6 (-4) 12.9 (-2) Nil
Goa 33.5 (0) 23.0 (-2) Nil
Guwahati 33.0 (+2) 19.2 (0) Nil
Hyderabad 33.5 (-3) 21.4 (-2) 6.7
Jaipur 31.0 (-4) 16.6 (-3) Nil
Lucknow 29.0 (-7) 15.6 (-2) Nil
Nagpur 34.8 (-4) 19.6 (-3) 4.8
Patna 33.5 (-3) 16.9 (-5) Nil
Pune 35.7 (-1) 20.2 (+1) Nil
Srinagar 18.2 (0) 6.6 (0) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram 32.5 (0) 24.2 (-1) 10.0