By IANS
New Delhi : Delhiites continued enjoying pleasant climate Tuesday as a small drop was recorded in the maximum temperature.
On a trifle windy day, the maximum temperature was recorded at 25.3 degrees Celsius, one degree down from Monday, while the minimum was around at 13 degrees Celsius, one above the normal for this time of the season.
According to weatherman, dry weather is likely over most parts of the country during the next 4-5 days except over the parts of north-eastern states, where light to moderate rain or thundershowers are expected.
However, the Met Office warned that temperatures are likely to rise over the northwest and central India by the weekend.
The Met Office also forecast thundershowers over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. South Indian states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu are also likely to get rainfall in the next 48 hours ending Friday and mainly dry weather thereafter.
Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar, which registered a minimum temperature of minus 1.1 devrees Celsius also saw 1.2 mm of rain.
The following were the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
Delhi 25.3 (-1) 12.8 (+1) Nil
Mumbai 30.0 (-2) 14.4 (-4) Nil
Chennai 31.0 (0) 20.5 (-1) Nil
Kolkata 31.9 (+1) 22.2 (+4) Nil
Ahmedabad 31.0 (-2) 12.7 (-3) Nil
Bangalore 31.1 (+2) 18.5 (+2) Nil
Bhopal 28.0 (-2) 12.8 (-1) Nil
Bhubaneswar 33.0 (0) 20.4 (0) Nil
Chandigarh 23.2 (-2) 11.4 (0) Nil
Dehradun 23.2 (0) 8.7 (-1) Nil
Panaji 31.0 (0) 19.0 (-3) Nil
Guwahati 26.0 (-2) 13.8 (+1) Nil
Hyderabad 34.3 (+2) 19.6 (+2) Nil
Jaipur 26.6 (0) 9.5 (-3) Nil
Lucknow 25.0 (-3) 10.0 (-1) Nil
Nagpur 34.3 (0) 17.8 (+1) Nil
Patna 29.0 (0) 12.8 (-1) Nil
Pune 34.9 (+2) 13.0 (0) Nil
Srinagar 11.6 (+2) -1.1 (-1) 1.2
Thiruvananthapuram 33.2 (+1) 22.4 (-1) Nil