India, Feb. 17 -- LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh is likely to experience fluctuations in the maximum temperature with the mercury rising gradually by 2degC in the next 48 hours and thereafter dipping by around 2degC. No major change is forecast in the minimum temperature during the next five days, said the weatherman.

Lucknow recorded maximum and minimum temperatures of 29.5 and 14 degrees Celsius, which were 2.7 degrees above normal. For the second consecutive day, Prayagraj recorded the highest day temperature in UP at 32 degrees (4.4 degrees above normal), according to IMD bulletin.

In the last 24 hours, minimum temperatures rose significantly in Ayodhya division (Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Amethi) and Varanasi division (V...