Rainfall in many parts of country as SW monsoon hits Kerala

Rains occurred in many parts of

the country as the southwest monsoon hit Kerala and the

northeast two days ahead of the scheduled arrival, while three

minor boys died in a lightning strike in Bihar.

Cyclone Mora, which hit the Bangladesh coast today, aided

the advance of the monsoon, the India Meteorological

Department said.

However, intense heat returned to most parts of Odisha

after a respite for three days with Angul becoming the hottest

place in the state recording a high of 43.7 degrees Celsius.

Heavy rains have been reported from various parts of

Kerala with Mavelikkara recording 13 cm rainfall. Alapuzha,

Haripad and Kayamkulam received 9 cm of rain.

It was a humid day in the national capital with the

maximum temperature settling at 37 degrees Celsius, three

notches below the season's average.

The minimum temperature was recorded at 25 degrees

Celsius, two notches below the normal while the humidity level

oscillated between 82 and 39 per cent.

Rains at a few places in east Rajasthan and in isolated

areas of western parts of the state brought some respite to

people from heatwave conditions, even as Jaisalmer sizzled at

45 degrees Celsius.

Ajmer received six cm rainfall followed by Sallopat

(Banswara) and Ajmer Tehsil which recorded five cm each.

Sajjangarh in Banswara received four cm rainfall, while Begu

in Chhittorgarh and Nasirabad in Ajmer both got three cm of

rains.

Barmer recorded a high of 44.6 degrees Celsius followed

by Bikaner 43.6 degrees Celsius, Jodhpour 42.5 degrees

Celsius, Churu 42 degrees Celsius and Ganganagar 40.9 degrees

Celsius.

Day temperatures in various parts of Punjab and Haryana

remained below normal today with Chandigarh, the joint capital

of the two states, recording a high of 38.9 degrees Celsius.

Ambala in Haryana recorded a high of 39.9 degrees

Celsius, while Hisar's maximum settled at 39.6 degrees

Celsius.

In Punjab, Ludhiana recorded a high of 39 degrees Celsius

while Patiala registered a maximum temperature of 39.5 degrees

Celsius.

Banda in east Uttar Pradesh recorded a maximum

temperature of 43.4 degrees Celsius.

Rains continued in several parts of Himachal Pradesh

leading to marginal drop in minimum temperatures in the state.

Heavy rains lashed several parts of the state and

Ghumarwin was the wettest with 74 mm rains while Bijahi and

Arki recorded 51mm and 48 mm rainfall respectively.

Minimum temperatures dropped marginally with Manali and

Keylong recording a low of 7.4 degrees Celsius and 7.6 degrees

Celsius respectively.

Day temperatures remained steady and Una was the hottest

with a high of 38.5 degrees Celsius while Bhuntar and

Sundernagar recorded maximum temperatures of 33.2 degrees

Celsius and 33.1 degrees Celsius respectively.

Three minor boys dies and another sustained burn injuries

after lightning struck them at a village in Jamui district of

Bihar where light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few

places.

In Patna, 0.7 mm of rainfall brought the maximum

temperature down to 34.6 degrees Celsius while as Gaya

recorded the highest maximum temperature of 38.9 degrees

Celsius.

The mercury breached the 40-degree mark in at least 10

places of Odisha with Bhubaneswar recording a maximum

temperature of 42.7 degrees Celsius.

Nalgonda in Telangana sizzled at 42 degrees Celsius, the

highest temperature in the state, even as a few towns saw a

fall in mercury.

Ramagundam recorded a high of 41 degrees Celsius followed

by Adilabad 40.5 degrees Celsius.

Maximum temperatures were above normal in parts of Assam,

Meghalaya, West Bengal and Sikkim and was below normal in some

places of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and

Jharkhand.

Rainfall occurred at most places over coastal Karnataka,

and at isolated places over Tamil Nadu. But, dry weather

prevailed over coastal Andhra Pradesh.

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