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Monsoon vigorous in sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim

Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim in the next 48 hours.

Rain or thundershowers are likely at most places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, and at many places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, the Bihar plains, the Konkan, Goa, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

A few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gangetic West Bengal, the Bihar plateau, central Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha and isolated places in the rest of the country, barring Rajasthan, may also have some rainfall. The weather will be mainly dry in Rajasthan.

The south-west monsoon has been vigorous in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and active in Assam, Meghalaya and coastal Karnataka.

Rain or thundershowers fell at most places in the Konkan and Goa, and at many places in Kerala and Lakshadweep.

A few places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, the Bihar plains, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, central Maharashtra and Vidarbha, and isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gangetic West Bengal, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and south interior Karnataka also received rainfall.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

            Temperature (deg C)   Rainfall (mm)

	         max     min     last     since 
                                24 hrs   June 2



Agartala         32(+1)  25       20    475(-125)
Ahmedabad        36(+2)  28(+2)    0    184(-3)
Allahabad        39(+4)  29(+2)    1     --
Amritsar         41(+4)  --        -     --
Aurangabad       32(+1)  23(+1)    0    245(+71)
Bangalore        29(+1)  20(+1)    0    167(+59)
Bareilly         37(+2)  29(+3)    0    193(-4)
Bhubaneswar      34(+2)  28(+2)    0    264(-50)
Bhopal           32      25(+2)    0    189(-82)
Bombay           31(+1)  25        2    643(-98)
Calcutta         34(+2)  27(+1)    0    395(+6)
Chandigarh       33(-2)  28(+3)    2    290(+113)
Dibrugarh        27(-4)  23(-1)   16    599(-6)
Gadag            31(+2)  21        1     49(-47)
Gangtok          25(+2)  18(+1)   21    969(+66)
Guwahati         29(-3)  26(+1)   40    375(-120)
Hyderabad        31      24(+2)    0     85(-66)
Imphal           29(+1)  22        0    212(-183)
Indore           32(+1)  24(+1)    0    259(+32)
Jabalpur         36(+5)  25(+1)    0    164(-129)
Jaipur           41(+6)  30(+4)    0     22(-67)
Jodhpur          --      28(+1)    0     59(-1)
Kanyakumari      33(+3)  24        0    104(-27)
Lucknow          40(+4)  29(+3)    0     35(-132)
Madras           35(-1)  26        0    129(+45)
Madurai          37(+2)  25        1     34(-32)
Mahabaleshwar    21(+1)  18(+1)   31   1372(-278)
Mangalore        27(-1)  23       91   1295(-100)
Nagpur           34(+1)  25(+1)   11    189(-90)
New Delhi        41(+5)  30(+3)    0     77(-31)
Panjim           29      24       14   1709(+659)
Patna            34      28(+1)    8    242(+22)
Poona            31(+2)  23(+1)    1    208(+45)
Raipur           35(+3)  26(+2)    0    160(-178)
Rajkot           --      25        0     84(-78)
Satna            37(+3)  28(+3)    0    123(-102)
Shillong         20(-4)  --        -     --
Simla            21(-1)  18(+2)   14    243(-17)
Srinagar         37(+6)  22(+4)    0     28(-21)
Tiruchirapalli   37(+1)  26        0     37(-12)
Trivandrum       31(+2)  23        0    408(-30)
Varanasi         36(+2)  28(+1)    0    107(-75)
Visakhapatnam    34(+2)  28(+2)    0    183(+44)

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