J&K: Srinagar records coldest night of season
India | December 01, 2021 13:01 ISTSrinagar recorded a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, the officials said.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius the previous night, the officials said.
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There was an improvement in the night temperature across the valley, except in Kokernag town in the south, they said.
Besides Drass being the coldest in Ladakh, Leh recorded minus 9.6 degrees and Kargil minus 6.4 degrees as their minimum temperatures.
Visibility recorded at 5.30 am at the Safdarjung and Palam weather monitoring stations was 200 metres and 500 metres respectively.
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Delhi will have mainly clear skies during the day with the maximum temperature hovering around 28 degrees Celsius, they said.
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The National capital, Delhi on Wednesday recorded a minimum temperature of 6.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average and humidity were recorded at 100 percent.
A day after heavy downpour in several parts of North India, cold wave conditions with an overcast sky prevailed over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on Thursday. The severe fog led to the delay of at least 21 Delhi-bound trains by one to six hours.
The Himachal Pradesh capital recorded the coldest daytime December temperatures in the last two decades during the past month , the local weather bureau said on Monday.
Rajasthan's Ganganagar was recorded as the coldest recorded place in the state at 1.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Jaisalmer, Pilani, Bikaner, Sikar and Barmer recorded minimum temperatures of 2.7, 2.9, 3.4, 4 and 5.8 degrees Celsius respectively, the MeT Department said.
There was slight relief for Delhites on Sunday after reeling under the longest cold spell of the last 22 years due to a change in wind direction, The Met department said, "As expected, change in wind direction from north-westerly to easterly has started and reduction in cold day and cold wave started from today (Sunday). This is reflected in maximum and minimum temperature."
The frigid air barrelling through parts of north India plummeted temperatures to the season's lowest in several places Saturday, including Delhi where the mercury hit a low of 2.4 degrees Celsius, as dense fog reduced visibility and delayed air, rail and road traffic.
With a numbing cold continuing to sweep through Delhi-NCR, the region is expected to record its second-coldest December since 1901, the weather department said on Thursday.
Cold wave intensified its grip in parts of Rajasthan on Thursday with the night temperature dipping 1 to 5 degrees Celsius at many places across the state. Fatehpur town in Sikar district recorded a night temperature of minus 3 degrees Celsius, which is this season'slowest so far.
Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far as the mercury continued its downward spiral across Kashmir valley, the Met office said on Thursday.
The temperature of Shimla on Thursday dipped zero degrees celsius after heavy snowfall at the weekends. The State meteorological department director Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the weather will remain dry for the next three days
The mercury dipped below the normal in several parts of north India with Delhi recording the season's lowest at 7.6 degrees Celsius, while Kargil shivered at minus 17 degrees Celsius.
Leh recorded a low of minus 15.8 degrees Celsius last night – over three degrees down from minus 12.7 degrees Celsius the previous night, MET officials said, adding it was the coldest night of the season in the frontier town.
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