City gets rain, mercury level dips

After bearing the sweltering summer for weeks, Bengalureans heaved a sigh of relief when it rained for about 30-40 minutes on Thursday afternoon.

The rainfall, thought not that heavy, brought down the mercury level by a few notches. The rainfall was coupled with thunder and strong winds.

Some places like Mahadevapura and J C Nagar experienced hail stones, but Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said that they had not recorded any such incidence. According to IMD records, city received 15 mm of rains upto 8.30 pm.

The maximum temperature in Bengaluru was 35.5 and minimum was 24.9 degree Celsius. The maximum and minimum temperatures at HAL airport were 34.7 and 24.4 degree Celsius respectively. Kempegowda International Airport recorded a maximum and minimum of 35 and 24 degree Celsius respectively.

The maximum temperatures in the city were just one degree above the normal which is 34 degree Celsius. Minimum temperatures were two degree above the normal of 22 degree Celsius.

A tree was uprooted at Gayathri Nagar after it rained. A branch of at tree crashed at Sanky tank. However, no one was injured in these incidents, said BBMP officials.

According to IMD officials, there is a trough from Vidarbha to extreme peninsular India across Telangana, interior Karnataka and interior Tamil Nadu extending upto 1.5 kms above mean sea level. It was because of this most parts of south interior Karnataka are experiencing cloudy sky and rainfall.

This will continue for the next 48 hours and are a part of the pre- monsoon showers.