Rain brings relief in Jharkhand districts

A few districts of Jharkhand today experienced rainfall even as places like Garhwa and Chaibasa with maximum temperature of 41 degrees and 41.5 degrees Celsius respectively, continued to reel under hot weather conditions.
The temperature in Hazaribagh fell to 34 degrees C, in Dhanbad to 37.2 degrees, in Bokaro to 38 degrees, Dumka, Lathehar and Jamtara to 36 degrees after the rains, while several other districts experienced cloudy sky, Met office sources said.
The temperature remained below 40 degrees in Jamshedpur (38.4), Palamau (39.6), Simdega (36), Gumla (35), Lohardaga (38) and Ranchi (38.4) districts, they said.
The weatherman has predicted partly cloudy sky coupled with rain or thundershower at isolated places in the state for the next 24-hour.