Rains bring down temperatures in north India

Mercury showed a marked dip across north India as rains lashed several parts in the region and led to a brief suspension of Kedarnath Yatra in Uttarakhand.
Weather in Delhi remained generally cloudy with the Met department predicting thundershowers in some parts of the city even as people continued to suffer due to high humidity levels.
The mercury settled at a maximum of 34 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 28.2 degrees Celsius, while the humidity levels oscillated between 58 and 88 per cent, Met department said.
The Kedarnath Yatra has been suspended till July 26 following blockade of roads due to landslips as nearly half a dozen places in the Kedar valley are being lashed by showers.

Kedarnath, Linchauli, Bhimbali, Junglechatti and Gaurikund in the valley received moderate rainfall, an official statement said.
Heavy showers lashed isolated places in Rajasthan with some places in Udaipur receiving as much as 11 cm rains.

Dungarpur and Deval (Banswara) in Udaipur division recorded 11 and 10 cm rainfall respectively till morning today, while Kherwara, Danpur and Rishabhdev recorded 8 cm rains, according to Met department, which added that Jodhpur received 3.4 mm rains till evening.
Many other places in Udaipur and isolated pockets in Ajmer, Kota and Jodhpur divisions also recorded light to moderate rainfall whereas the weather remained mainly dry in Jaipur, Bharatpur and Bikaner divisions.

Light to moderate showers were experienced in many parts of Punjab and Haryana bringing down temperatures by up to five notches below the standard at some places in the region.
Ambala was drenched by 51.3 mm of rains, followed by Chandigarh 30.2 mm, Amritsar 23 mm and Ludhiana 1.1 mm, the Met department said here.
Punjab was relatively cooler than Haryana with Patiala recording a high of 32.3 degrees Celsius, Amritsar 31.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, and Ludhiana 30.3 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal.
In Haryana, Hisar recorded a maximum of 35.5 degrees Celsius while Bhiwani registered 33.6, Narnaul and Ambala 32 and 31.4 degrees Celsius, each three notches below normal.

Mercury at the joint capital Chandigarh settled at a high of 30.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal.