Rain - thunderstorm at isolated places in upper Punjab D.I Khan division, upper FATA and Gilgit Baltistan dropped mercury up to 5 degrees Celsius and turned weather pleasant after a rather long spell of dry and hot weather in later part of September 2016 Met Office recorded maximum temperature in Lahore at 33.C and minimum 24 C on Thursday .Mercury also dropped at Faisalabad, Multan, Islamabad, Murree, Peshawar providing some relief to the citizens amid humidity and electricity load-shedding.
The recorded rainfall was as follows. KP:D.I Khan 40, Parachinar 17, Punjab:Jhelum 10, Lahore (University of Punjab 10, City 03, AP 02), Sialkot (Cantt) 08, Chakwal 06, Mangla 05, Jhang 04, Faisalabad 03, Mandibahauddin 02, Noorpurthal 01.Gilgit-Baltistan:zagrote 11, Astore 02.