Many parts of North India received light to heavy rainfall on Monday, bringing down mercury but sultry conditions prevailed in the region.
While the day temperature settled at 36.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday, three notches above normal, the city received 25.6 mm of rains in the last 24 hours till 8.30 a.m. on Monday. No rain was recorded after that, the Met department said.
Light to heavy rains hit eastern and southern parts of Rajasthan while many places in the west sizzled at around 40 degrees Celsius temperatures on Monday.
Aklera in Jhalawar district recorded the most rainfall at 8 cm, whereas Bikaner was the hottest place with a maximum temperature of 43.8 degrees Celsius, a Met report said.
The report said Desuri received 6 cm rainfall followed by Sagwara, Jagpura, Sarara, Degod, Anta 5 cm each, Shahpura, Srinagar, Jhalrapatan, Atru, Chhabra, Dhambola 4 cm each, Bagidora, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, Vijay Nagar Nathdwara 3 cm each, and one to 2 cm at many places.
Moderate to heavy rains occurred at isolated places across the Uttar Pradesh.
Temperatures hovered a few notches above the normal level in Punjab and Haryana with light rains occurring at a few places in the region.
Chandigarh recorded a high of 36.4 degrees Celsius, a degree above normal, and received 0.2 mm of rain, Met department report said.
In Haryana, Ambala, Bhiwani, Hisar, Karnal and Narnaul recorded maximum temperatures at 36.9, 40, 41.3, 36, and 38.1 degrees Celsius, rising up to three notches above the normal mark.
In Punjab, Ludhiana and Patiala received rainfall of 0.7 mm and 0.2 mm respectively while recording maximum temperatures at 36.1 degrees Celsius and 36.4 degrees Celsius. Amritsar had a high of 38.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal.
In view of rising temperatures, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir announced a 17-day-long summer vacation in all educational institutions including colleges in Kashmir division and winter zone of Jammu region from Tuesday.
