By IANS
New Delhi : Delhi and the surrounding areas continued to experience warm weather Monday, but the day saw a small drop in the mercury.
True to the Met Office forecast, temperatures fell Monday by two to three degrees but it was not enough to ruffle the residents of the national capital.
The maximum temperature was around 26 degrees Celsius, down three notches from Sunday, while the minimum was around 11 degrees Celsius, down a good four degrees Celsius from the 15 degrees Celsius a day before.
Weatherman Sunday forecast that due to the strong presence of the northwesterly winds there could be a further fall in the day and night temperatures in the northern plains for the next 48 hours till Wednesday. Temperatures would rise gradually thereafter.
Northeastern parts could see rain or thundershowers in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim. Rain has been forecast for Orissa and West Bengal too.
A mild tremor shook the Kashmir Valley, causing panic among the residents here.
“A mild tremor was felt here at 12.55 p.m. We are working out the magnitude and other details of the quake,” G.R. Rather, meteorologist at the weather office, told IANS.
“No damage has so far been reported from anywhere,” he said.
State capital Srinagar saw 8.3 mm of rain, with more snow and rain forecast for the coming days.
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)
Delhi 26.5 (+1) 11.0 (-1) Nil
Mumbai 28.5 (-3) 15.5 (-3) Nil
Chennai 31.2 (+1) 20.9 (-1) Nil
Kolkata 31.1 (0) 21.2 (+3) Nil
Ahmedabad 30.4 (-2) 15.0 (-1) Nil
Bangalore 31.4 (+1) 17.9 (+1) Nil
Bhopal 30.2 (0) 15.2 (+1) Nil
Bhubaneswar 32.8 (0) 18.7 (-1) Nil
Chandigarh 25.0 (0) 12.0 (0) Nil
Dehradun 24.0 (+1) 9.1 (+1) Nil
Panaji 31.6 (+1) 20.5 (0) Nil
Guwahati 28.8 (+1) 15.5 (+2) 2.0
Hyderabad 34.0 (+1) 20.5 (+3) Nil
Jaipur 27.2 (0) 12.2 (0) Nil
Lucknow 26.8 (-1) 13.6 (+3) Nil
Nagpur 35.4 (+1) 17.3 (0) Nil
Patna 28.9 (0) 15.2 (+1) Nil
Pune 35.6 (+3) 13.3 (0) Nil
Srinagar 9.0 (-1) 1.9 (+1) 8.3
Thiruvananthapuram 33.4 (+1) 22.9 (0) Nil