Light rains bring down mercury in Jammu

The mercury dipped to 24.1 degrees Celsius in Jammu today after light rains lashed the city, bringing respite to the residents.

Jammu recorded the season's highest temperature yesterday at 33.2 degrees Celsius. Light rains last evening caused the mercury to dip.

The minimum temperature recorded in Jammu city, which received 3.1 mm of rainfall till 0830 hours today, was 24.1 degrees Celsius, 1.6 degrees below normal for this time of the season, a spokesperson of the meteorological department said.

Ramban, along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, recorded the highest rainfall of 7.6 mm, followed by 3.6 mm in Katra, he added.

Katra recorded a minimum temperature of 21.8 degrees Celsius today against last night's 29.2 degrees Celsius, which was seven notches above normal.

Jammu and Kashmir's winter capital was witnessing unusually high temperatures for the last two weeks.

Amid the heat, the city has also witnessed widespread protests over erratic power supply and shortage of drinking water.