Saint Valentine blesses India with Rain

February 14, 2014 1:30 PM | Skymet Weather Team

The spell of rain across most parts of North, East and Central India seems to have heightened the romance in the air on this Valentine’s Day.

On Thursday, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi/NCR and west Uttar Pradesh received widespread rain while parts of Rajasthan observed scattered rain. The intensity of rain is expected to reduce over these areas in the next 24 hours as the belt of rain will shift eastwards and cover entire Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, parts of Chhattisgarh, north and east Madhya Pradesh.

List of places that received rain in a span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Thursday-

Name of State Name of Place Precipitation in millimetres  
Delhi Delhi 23  
Uttarakhand Dehradun 18  
Madhya Pradesh Satna 17  
Madhya Pradesh Guna 2  
Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur 8  
Madhya Pradesh Gwalior 3  
Madhya Pradesh Bareilly 2  
Uttar Pradesh Allahabad 11  
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 7  
Uttar Pradesh Agra 2  

 

Gaya and Patna in Bihar received only 1 mm of rain yesterday but the intensity will increase in the next 24 hours. There are chances of good rain across Uttarakhand, Haryana, parts of Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh today. West Bengal, Odisha and Northeast India will start receiving rain from Sunday onward.

Rain in Delhi

As Skymet has been reporting chances of rain in Delhi on the Valentine’s Day, couples residing here must have already planned indoor celebrations. Giving your wife a break from cooking could be the best gift for her on this day. Prepare a sumptuous dinner and surprise her by serving it with some good wine. As rain will be intermittent and reduce by late evening, people planning fine dining at one of the many restaurants of Delhi shouldn’t be disappointed either.

picture courtesy- deccan chronicle

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