By IANS
New Delhi : Most of the northern plains and adjoining parts of eastern India saw a rise in minimum temperatures Wednesday.
Night temperatures in most cities rose 1-2 degree Celsius, the met office said here.
The current meteorological analysis suggests further rise in minimum temperature by 2-3 degree Celsius over the region during next 2-3 days till Saturday and a fall thereafter.
A western disturbance is likely to cause fairly widespread rain or snow over the western Himalayan region and isolated rain or thundershowers over adjoining northern plains during the next three days.
The lowest minimum temperature in the northern plains was 3.2 degree Celsius at Amritsar in Punjab.
Heavy to very heavy snowfall is expected in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh Jan 17-19.
Following are the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
Delhi
Maximum Temperature (C) 22.6 (+2)
Minimum Temperature(C) 10.7 (+4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Mumbai
Maximum Temperature (C) 35.1 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 19.0 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chennai
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.9 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 21.1 (-2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Kolkata
Maximum Temperature (C) 26.6 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.1 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Ahmedabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.0 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.5 (+4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bangalore
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.4 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 15.6 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhopal
Maximum Temperature (C) 25.9 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 9.8 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhubaneswar
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.9 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.2 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chandigarh
Maximum Temperature (C) 21.4 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 9.0 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Dehradun
Maximum Temperature (C) 23.9 (+5)
Minimum Temperature (C) 8.5 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Panaji
Maximum Temperature (C) 34.2 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 19.5 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Guwahati
Maximum Temperature (C) 24.8 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 12.8 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Hyderabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.0 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.0 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Jaipur
Maximum Temperature (C) 23.2 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 10.2 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Lucknow
Maximum Temperature (C) 24.1 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 8.6 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Nagpur
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.0 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.2 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Patna
Maximum Temperature (C) 23.1 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 8.9 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Pune
Maximum Temperature (C) 32.1 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.1 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Srinagar
Maximum Temperature (C) 8.1 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 1.3 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.5 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 21.6 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil