Ranchi, Apr 23 (PTI) Parts of Jharkhand witnessed thundershowers on Sunday with the weather office predicting a pleasant weather till April 26.

State capital Ranchi recorded a maximum of 31.6 degrees Celsius, 5.4 notches below the normal, while Jamshedpur recorded 35.1 degrees Celsius, a drop of 4.6 degrees from the normal.

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Daltonganj recorded a maximum of 35.4 degrees Celsius, while Bokaro was 33.5 degrees Celsius, according to the weather office.

"A trough, which runs from sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim to Chhattisgarh across Jharkhand, helped to bring the mercury down in the state," said Abhishek Anand, the in-charge of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.

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Any major change in maximum temperature is unlikely for the next three days, he said.

"Thereafter, it may increase by 3-4 degrees Celsius," he added.

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