Ranchi: Dry weather will prevail in the state for the next fortnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ranchi office, said on Thursday.
In its forecast for the next two weeks, officials at the weather office said the maximum temperature would be above normal in the range of 33°C and 37°C starting from Friday. During the same week, the minimum temperature would also be in the range of 16°C and 20°C.
In the subsequent week beginning March 5, the maximum is likely to rise further and would be in the range of 34°C and 38°C while the minimum would plummet below normal and would remain in the range of 14°C to 17°C, the IMD said.
Abhishek Anand, a scientist at the IMD Ranchi office said no significant synoptic system prevailed over the state on Thursday. He further said rainfall will be deficient to scanty throughout the 24 districts. “In the past two weeks, only Simdega received deficient rain while 14 districts had extremely deficient rain while the remaining nine districts received no rain. The cumulative seasonal rainfall was deficient by over 91% in the state during the period,” Anand added.