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THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)

Ambala	—	22.1
Amritsar	35.6	21.6
Bhuntar	31.6	19.7
Hisar	—	26.3
Jammu	—	24.1
Karnal	—	23.5
Ludhiana	34.2	23.4
Patiala	33.2	23.6
Rohtak	—	24.5
Shimla	24.0	15.3
Srinagar	—	13.0
Sundernagar	31.8	20.4

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since January 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	33	25	0	901
Bangalore	29	20	0	378
Bhopal	30	22	7	928
Bhubaneswar	32	24	75	1324
Kolkata	33	26	9	1018
Chennai	36	24	0	432
Dehra Dun	30	22	0	1434
Gangtok	22	18	14	2045
Guwahati	33	27	—	1284
Hyderabad	33	23	—	488
Jaipur	32	24	0	471
Lucknow	33	25	0	685
Mumbai	30	26	—	1820
New Delhi	33	24	0	1047
Panjim	31	24	6	2590
Patna	34	26	—	861
Ranchi	31	21	0	983
Shillong	24	16	0	1432
Thiruvananthapuram	33	24	—	445

Rain in Himachal, Punjab
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 18
Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have occurred at most places in east Rajasthan, at a few places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana. Weather was dry in west Rajasthan. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Kalka 2 and Ambala 1, Himachal Pradesh: Bangana and Barsar 5 each and Nahan 3, Jammu and Kashmir: Basoli 3 and Patti 1, Punjab: Shahpurkandi 7, R.S. Dam site 5 and Madhopur and Nangal 1 each, east Rajasthan: Nithuwa and Sabla 6 each, Gangapur city 4, Aspur, Dungarpur and Rajgarh 3 each, Amet, Alwar, Kapasantank, Mosamabad and Piploo 2 each and Bharatpur, Bandikui, Baswa, Bhim, Degod, Devli, Jayal, Lalsot, Malpura, Nagar, Rawatbhata, Sikrai, Sodavas, Tonk and Tordisagar 1 each, east Uttar Pradesh: Fatehgarh 9, Katerniaghat 8, Bhatpurwaghat, Etawah and Palliakalan 5 each, Balrampur 4, Balmikinagar 3 and Bhinga 2, west Uttar Pradesh: Dabri 4, Jhansi and Sarsawa 3 each and Bareilly and Mohana 2 each and Uttaranchal: Banbasa 13 and Pantnagar and Uttarkashi 4 each.

Forecast valid until the morning of September 20: Rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Punjab and east Rajasthan and at isolated places in the rest of the region.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of September 20: Mainly cloudy sky with possibility of rain/thundershowers in some areas.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of September 20: Light to moderate rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.