Rainfall brings back cold in UP

Lucknow, Feb 25 (UNI) Fresh rainfall has brought back winter in Uttar Pradesh.

Met officials have attributed the sudden change in weather to fresh western disturbances originating in the Mediterranean Sea.

In the last 24 hours, rainfall occurred in Allahabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur, Bahraich, Kanpur, Bareilly and Jhansi divisions, the met department told UNI here this evening.

Allahabad recorded the highest rainfall at 6.2 mm.

However, temperatures continued to remain normal in almost every district of the state.

Allahabad at 12 degrees Celsius was the coldest in Uttar Pradesh.

The state capital recorded 15.6 degrees Celsius which was 6 degrees above normal.

Meanwhile, weathermen have forecast rainfall accompanied by thundershowers all over the state in the next 24 hours.

UNI