By IANS,
New Delhi : The widespread rain in northern, eastern and northeastern India in the last week kept temperatures relatively low Sunday, though the humidity factor kicked in as the sun came out strong.
The weatherman has forecast more thundershowers in Punjab, northern Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir Monday and Tuesday.
Thanks to rain in many parts of the Kashmir valley, President Pratibha Patel’s helicopter could not take off from Gulmarg Sunday and she had to cancel her visit to Bhaderwah in Jammu and Kashmir, where she was to inaugurate the extension campus of Jammu University.
People in the capital had a relatively pleasant Sunday, as the maximum temperature was just 35.8 degrees Celsius and the minimum 24.5.
Rain and thundershowers continued in the north-east, south and also in parts of central India.
West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, coastal Karnataka, Kerala, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep Islands will receive rain and thundershowers until Tuesday, the weatherman said.
Thundershowers are also expected in northern Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, northern Rajasthan, Goa and Maharashtra.
The day’s highest maximum temperature of 42.3 degrees Celsius was recorded at Nagpur in Maharashtra.
The following were the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall figure in major cities for the 24 hours till Sunday evening, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average:
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall (C) (C) (mm)
New Delhi 33.1 (-8) 24.5 (-2) Nil
Mumbai 34.5 (+2) 28.3 (+2) Nil
Chennai 38.6 (+2) 28.5 (+2) Nil
Kolkata 35.8 (0) 27.6 (+1) TRACE
Ahmedabad 41.3 (+1) 26.3 (-1) Nil
Bangalore 31.5 (-1) 21.3 (0) 12.6
Bhopal 39.4 (-1) 25.6 (-1) Nil
Bhubaneswar 38.1 (0) 27.8 (+1) NIL
Chandigarh 33.2 (-6) 23.0 (-1) NIL
Dehradun 29.9 (-6) 20.3 (-2) Nil
Goa 34.3 (+1) 25.9 (-1) Nil
Guwahati 33.8 (+3) 23.9 (+1) Nil
Hyderabad 38.5 (+1) 27.2 (+1) Nil
Jaipur 34.9 (-5) 25.6 (0) Nil
Lucknow 32.2 (-9) 22.6 (-3) Nil
Nagpur 42.3 (0) 21.0 (-3) 14.4
Patna 30.7 (-8) 24.6 (-1) Nil
Pune 37.2 (+1) 24.0 (+1) Nil
Srinagar 26.4 (+1) 12.6 (+2) 9.6
Thiruvananthapuram 32.7 (+1) 25.2 (0) 8.8