Day temperature dips to 37.7° C, but night gets warmer in city
The city got some respite from the intense heatwave conditions continuing for the past one week with the maximum temperature dipping by 4.5 degrees to settle at 37.7° Celsius on Sunday. However, the night was warmer with the minimum temperature once again shooting by 4.1 degrees to touch 32.7° Celsius.
The overcast sky and traces of rain coupled with moderate winds during the first half of the day gave some respite from the scorching heat.
The weathermen have predicted partly cloudy sky with likely thunderstorms and light rain in the tricity region comprising Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula over the next five days. However, a yellow alert has been issued for isolated places in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana till June 21. The maximum temperature will gradually fall by 3 to 5 degrees over the next three days, said the weathermen.
After experiencing a comparatively less warm night on Friday with the minimum temperature going down to 28.6° Celsius, which was 4.1 degrees below Thursday’s sizzling night and departure from normal by 2.3 degrees, the Chandigarh residents braved the season’s another warmest night on Saturday. The minimum temperature touched the all-time high of 32.7° Celsius, which was again the third highest reading in the region, comprising all parts of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh.
Sirsa and Rohtak in Haryana recorded the highest minimum temperature of 34.2 and 33.2° Celsius, respectively, to be the warmest towns in the region.
The residents of the tricity region got some respite from the intense heatwave conditions on Sunday with the maximum day temperature sliding down by 4.5 degrees as compared to Saturday.
The brief relief from the heatwave made the residents venture outside during the weekend after remaining indoors for seven consecutive days since June 8. The mercury, for the first time in a week, went below the 40° Celsius-mark.
June 10 had recorded the maximum temperature of 44° Celsius, which had remained the season’s hottest day here so far. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted slight relief from the hot weather conditions during this week.
According to the Meteorological Centre Chandigarh, the department’s observatory at Sector 39 here recorded the highest maximum temperature of 37.7° Celsius while that at the Indian Air Force (IAF) airport logged 37.4° Celsius on Sunday.
Sonepat in Haryana and Patiala in Punjab experienced the least warm night in the region on Saturday with the lowest minimum temperature of 24.5 and 25.8° Celsius, respectively.
The MeT department has predicted a gradual fall in the maximum temperature for the next five days in the tricity. The temperatures in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula will remain maximum between 33 and 36° Celsius and minimum between 27 and 29° Celsius with possibility of light rain coupled with cloudy sky and thunderstorm till June 20.
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