Light to moderate rainfall in many places in Bihar

Light to moderate rainfall

occurred at many places in Bihar, Met office said today.

While light rainfall occurred at a few places in north

Bihar, heavy rainfall occurred at one or two places in south

west parts of the state, a MeT bulletin said.

Gaya received 24.0 mm rainfall between 8:30 am on

Monday to 8:30 am on Tuesday, it said. Patna recorded 7.2 mm,

Bhagalpur and Purnea recorded 6.1 mm and 5.6 mm rainfall

respectively.

With South West Monsoon normal in Bihar in the past 24

hours, places like Chenari received 10 cm of rainfall,

Aurangabad and Kudra received 9 cm each, Mohania received 7 cm

while Bhabhua, Deo, Katoria, Dehri, Palmerganj registered 6 cm

each, the bulletin said.

The light to moderate rainfall in southern parts of

the state in past 24 hours coupled with cloudy sky for major

parts of the day reduced the maximum temperature by three to

five degrees Celsius below the normal maximum temperature of

major cities including Patna.

Patna recorded a maximum temperature of 29.6 degrees

Celsius, Purnea 28.7 degrees Celsius, Gaya 27.9 degrees

Celsius and Bhagalpur 27.8 degrees Celsius, the bulletin said.

In its forecast, the Met office said Patna, Gaya,

Bhagalpur and Purnea will witness generally cloudy sky with

possibility of moderate to heavy rain, thunder shower

tomorrow.

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