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Bihar, Rajasthan begin to swelter

Heat wave conditions prevailed in parts of Bihar plains and west Rajasthan.

Day temperatures were appreciably above normal in Bihar plateau, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, northeast Madhya Pradesh and coastal Tamil Nadu, and were above normal in west Madhya Pradesh, north Gujarat state, central Maharashtra, Telangana and interior Tamil Nadu.

They were appreciably below normal in Kashmir, and below normal in Sikkim, Jammu and in parts of Saurashtra.

They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunchal Pradesh from where the data were sparse.

Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in parts of north central Maharashtra and below normal in Jammu and Kashmir and in parts of south Konkan and of Telangana.

They were appreciably above normal in Manipur, Gangetic West Bengal, coastal Orissa, Bihar plateau, south Rajasthan, northeast Madhya Pradesh, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and in parts of east Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and of Vidarbha.

They were above normal in Tamil Nadu.

They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunchal Pradesh from where the data were sparse.

Rain or snow occurred at many places in Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh.

Rain or thundershowers occurred at many places in Assam and Meghalaya, at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and at isolated places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

Very light rain also occurred at isolated places in Tamil Nadu.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

Rain or snow is likely at isolated places in the hills of west Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir.

Rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, and at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Haryana, Punjab, south Tamil Nadu and south Kerala.

Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.

                       Temperatures (deg C)

                         Max          Min


Ahmedabad                40(+3)       19(-1)
Allahabad                39(+4)       21(+3)
Amritsar                 28(-1)       11(-2)
Aurangabad               36           18
Bangalore                35(+2)       23(+3)
Bareilly                 37(+5)       20(+3)
Bhopal                   37(+2)       20(+2)
Bhubaneshwar             35(-1)       27(+4)
Bombay                   30(-1)       22(-1)
Calcutta                 35           27(+5)
Chandigarh               34(+4)       17(+2)
Dehra Dun                31(+3)       12(-1)
Dibrugarh                29(+2)       17(+1)
Gadag                    37(+1)       21
Gangtok                  17(-3)        7(-2)
Guwahati                 32(+1)       17
Hyderabad                38(+3)       22(+1)
Imphal                   29(+2)       14(+3)
Indore                   39(+4)       19(-1)
Jaipur                   36(+4)       22(+5)
Jodhpur                  36(+2)       22(+4)
Kanyakumari              33(+1)       27(+2)
Lucknow                  38(+4)       18(+2)
Madras                   38(+5)       26(+2)
Madurai                  38(+3)       24(+1)
Mangalore                35(+2)       23(-1)
Minicoy                  33(+2)       25
Nagpur                   39(+2)       22(+2)
New Delhi                34(+2)       19(+3)
Panaji                   31(-1)       22
Patna                    38(+4)       19(+1)
Pune                     37(+1)       15(-1)
Port Blair               32(+1)       23
Satna                    39(+2)       22(+2)
Shillong                 23(+1)       12(+1)
Shimla                   19(+4)        8
Srinagar                 11(-4)        5(+1)
Thiruvananthapuram       35(+2)       26(+2)
Tiruchirapalli           37(+1)       25(+2)
Varanasi                 39(+5)       19(+1)
Vishakhapatnam           34(+2)       26(+3)

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