By IANS,
New Delhi : As millions in the country celebrated the traditional New Year, people in the northern plains faced a hot summer day Monday with the temperatures in the vicinity of 40 degrees Celsius.
The national capital had a sunny day as the residents felt the sting of the summer. The maximum temperature during the day was 37.5 degrees Celsius and the minimum was at 20.8 degrees Celsius.
People can have some solace from the weatherman’s forecast of rain for the region in the next couple of days from Monday.
The central India and parts of southern Rajasthan also saw temperatures soaring above the 40-degree mark. Bhopal and Nagpur cities had temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius Monday.
The Met Office has forecast that the current temperatures would show an upward trend in the coming days, leading to a heat wave situation in the central India and the adjoining areas.
Meanwhile, the northeastern city of Guwahati had another wet day, with nealy 12 mm of rain recorded. The weather office has forecast more showers for the region.
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 37.5 (+1) 20.8 (+1) Nil
Mumbai 33.6 (+1) 24.1 (+1) Nil
Chennai 34.0 (+1) 25.5 (-1) Nil
Kolkata 36.6 (+1) 23.6 (-1) Nil
Ahmedabad 39.8 (+1) 24.0 (+1) Nil
Bangalore 34.9 (+2) 21.8 (0) Nil
Bhopal 41.0 (+3) 23.2 (+2) Nil
Bhubaneswar 39.4 (+2) 26.3 (+1) Nil
Chandigarh 35.8 (+2) 16.0 (-3) Nil
Dehradun 33.2 (+2) 15.5 (-1) 0.5
Goa 33.6 (+1) 25.5 (0) Nil
Guwahati 29.5 (-3) 19.9 (+1) 12.7
Hyderabad 37.5 (0) 23.7 (+1) Nil
Jaipur 38.4 (+2) 19.6 (0) Nil
Lucknow 39.0 (+1) 22.6 (+3) Nil
Nagpur 42.6 (+3) 23.0 (0) Nil
Patna 37.0 (+1) 23.9 (+2) Nil
Pune 39.1 (+1) 21.4 (+1) Nil
Srinagar 19.0 (0) 8.0 (+1) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram 31.5 (-2) 23.6 (-1) 0.2