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.