As predicted by Skymet, the Western Disturbance brought good amounts of rain in East India. In a span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Saturday, Kolkata recorded 16 mm of rain. In West Bengal, Krishnanagar after recording 63.9 mm, received the highest rain in the country. The coastal district of Odisha, Balasore received 13 mm, Jharsuguda 6 mm and Bhubaneswar received 1 mm of rain. In Jharkhand, Jamshedpur received 21 mm, Daltonganj 15 mm and Ranchi 10 mm of rain. Pendra in Chhattisgarh also recorded 12 mm of rain. Allahabad and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, received 4 mm and 6 mm of rain, respectively. In Madhya Pradesh, the weather was rainy in Satna, Indore and Bareilly. Dehradun in Uttarakhand also witnessed 9 mm, while Srinagar in Himachal received 4 mm of precipitation.
In Northeast India, North Lakhimpur received 11 mm of rain, Dibrugarh 4 mm, Guwahati and Tezpur 1 mm each and Imphal traces of rain. Broken low to medium clouds with convective cells could bring some thundery activity in this region today as well. The weather will remain cloudy over West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar. The coastal belt from Odisha to Tamil Nadu could receive some rain. Snowfall could occur in the hills of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
Weather in India
Chandigarh at 14.6°C, recorded the lowest maximum temperature in India on Saturday. As the spell of rain in North India has subsided, maximum temperatures will rise by a couple of degrees in next 2 to 3 days. At present maximums are 4 to 6 degrees below normal in North and East India. Day temperatures are 2 to 3 degrees below the normal average in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarg, Gujarat and some parts of Andhra Pradesh. Only interiors of Odisha recorded temperatures above normal.