By IANS
New Delhi : People in the northern plains continued to brave warm sunny afternoons as the maximum temperature Friday was again 6-8 degrees Celsius above normal in the region.
Though the day’s high in most parts of the plains was many notches above normal, the residents enjoyed cool mornings and pleasant evenings.
The maximum temperature in Delhi Friday was around 34 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal. But more worrying for the Delhities is the steadily climbing minimum temperature. The day’s low in the national capital was 17 degrees Celsius.
The Met Office has forecast that the current trend will continue till March 10 and then the mercury could fall a bit.
Northwest of the country also saw temperatures above normal. The weatherman has forecast rain in parts of Punjab, Haryana and north Rajasthan after March 9 that could lead to a fall in maximum temperature in the region.
Most parts of the country continued to witness dry weather.
The following were the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Friday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
Delhi 34.7 (+7) 17.2 (+3) Nil
Mumbai 32.9 (+1) 17.9 (+1) Nil
Chennai 32.0 (+1) 22.3 (0) Nil
Kolkata 32.8 (0) 23.7 (+4) Nil
Ahmedabad 36.0 (+2) 19.0 (+2) Nil
Bangalore 31.6 (0) 16.3 (-3) Nil
Bhopal 37.0 (+5) 17.0 (+1) Nil
Bhubaneswar 36.8 (+3) 22.3 (+1) Nil
Chandigarh 30.6 (+5) 16.0 (+4) Nil
Dehradun 29.0 (+4) 13.2 (+2) Nil
Panaji 32.8 (+1) 20.6 (-1) Nil
Guwahati 26.8 (-2) 15.2 (0) Nil
Hyderabad 35.5 (+1) 19.2 (0) Nil
Jaipur 35.7 (+6) 14.4 (0) Nil
Lucknow 29.3 (-1) 14.8 (+3) Nil
Nagpur 37.6 (+3) 19.0 (+2) Nil
Patna 27.0 (+4) 16.1 (-1) Nil
Pune 36.5 (+3) 15.9 (+2) Nil
Srinagar 18.5 (+7) 5.1 (+2) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram 35.4 (+3) 23.4 (-1) 1.4