For the residents of Jharkhand, the temperature is gradually rising which could also have a positive impact as it could reduce the effect of any virus.

According to the Meteorological Centre Ranchi, for the next five days the weather is likely to remain dry and the maximum as well as minimum temperature will gradually increase.

In the past 24 hours, the temperature recorded across the State was around normal or above normal by a few degrees Celsius.

“Till the third week of March, the temperature across the State was mostly below normal. But now it is gradually increasing.

In the next few days the temperature is likely to further increase by a couple of more degrees which is normal for this time of the year,” said Deputy Director, MET Centre Ranchi, Abhishek Anand.

As per the weather bulletin released on March 28, in the last 24 hours, the maximum highest temperature was recorded in Jamshedpur at 37.6 degree Celsius while Chaibasa was at 37.4 degree Celsius.

 The maximum temperature in the State capital was at 34.1 while Daltonganj and Bokaro were recorded at 36.8 and 36.1 degree Celsius respectively.

The minimum temperature was also above normal across the State. In Ranchi the minimum temperature was 1.5 degrees above normal at 20.4 degree Celsius.

While in Bokaro, it was 3.9 degrees normal at 20.5 degree Celsius.

As per the communiqué, from March 29 to April 1, the maximum temperature in Ranchi and its surrounding areas will be at 35 degree Celsius while the minimum will be around 20- 21 degree Celsius.