Rain in parts of Uttar Pradesh

Several areas of Uttar Pradesh received rainfall on Monday, according to the meteorological department.

State capital Lucknow recorded rainfall in traces and its maximum temperature settled at 30 degrees Celsius, nine degrees below normal, it said.

Apart from Lucknow, rainfall was recorded in Sultanpur (34 mm), Prayagraj (17 mm), Faizabad (12.8 mm), Bareilly and Muzaffarnagar (10 mm each), Orai (4 mm), Najibabad and Meerut (3 mm each), Varanasi (1.2 mm) and Aligarh (0.4 mm).

Rainfall in traces was recorded in Hardoi, Basti and Moradabad.

Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, hailstorm and gusty wind reaching a speed of 40-50 km per hour is very likely at isolated places in the state, according to the meteorological department.