By IANS
New Delhi : The mercury continued to rise across north India as most states recorded temperatures above normal Saturday, bringing the scorching Indian summer closer.
The maximum temperature in the national capital crossed 35 degrees Celsius – two degrees above normal. The minimum was 20.8 degrees, four degrees above the normal.
Other states like Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and even Jammu and Kashmir saw a jump in the mercury.
The Met Office forecast that the northeastern states would get isolated showers in the next few days.
Southern states are also likely to get rain as the influence of a cyclonic circulation over southeast Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood.
Bangalore Saturday recorded a rainfall of 2.6 mm though most of southern states remained dry.
The following were the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Saturday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
New Delhi 35.5 (+2) 20.8 (+4) Nil
Mumbai 31.6 (-1) 23.2 (+1) Nil
Chennai 33.6 (+1) 26.4 (+2) Nil
Kolkata 37.6 (+3) 25.3 (+2) Nil
Ahmedabad 40.2 (+3) 24.0 (+4) Nil
Bangalore 31.2 (-2) 18.8 (-1) 2.6
Bhopal 37.6 (+3) 20.0 (+1) Nil
Bhubaneswar 37.9 (+2) 25.0 (+2) 0.2
Chandigarh 33.0 (+2) 16.2 (0) Nil
Dehradun 31.3 (+2) 14.0 (0) Nil
Goa 32.4 (0) 24.5 (+1) Nil
Guwahati 33.1 (+2) 20.2 (+2) Nil
Hyderabad 34.3 (-2) 22.5 (+2) Nil
Jaipur 38.0 (+5) 17.1 (-1) Nil
Lucknow 35.8 (+1) 20.3 (+1) Nil
Nagpur 38.1 (0) 24.2 (+3) Nil
Patna 37.4 (+2) 19.6 (+1) Nil
Pune 36.3 (0) 21.4 (+4) Nil
Srinagar 21.8 (+6) 5.6 (+1) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram 32.4 (-1) 24.2 (+1) Nil