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Chilly morning in Delhi, minimum temp at 3.6 deg C

It was a chilly morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 3.6 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, a meteorological department official said. The humidity level was recorded at 100 per cent. The weatherman has predicted a clear day ahead with possibility of shallow fog on Tuesday morning. "The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 22 and 4 degrees Celsius respectively," the official said. On Sunday, the minimum and maximum temperatures were recorded at 3 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius respectively.

Cold Monday morning in Delhi; air quality drops to 'severe'

The residents of national capital on Monday woke up to a cold morning as the mercury touched 3.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average, the Met Office said.

Cold wave returns to Kashmir Valley, Ladakh

After a day's respite, severe cold wave again gripped the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Monday, the Met Office said.

Gaya coldest place in Bihar at 2.7 degree Celsius

Gaya was the coldest place in Bihar on Sunday at 2.7 degree Celsius, which was 6 degrees below its normal minimum temperature, Patna Meteorological Centre said. Earlier, Gaya had recorded 2.6 degrees as its lowest minimum temperature in December 2014, it said. As per the Met bulletin, Gaya would witness cold wave Monday with minimum temperature likely to hover around 3 degrees Celsius on Monday. Patna, the state capital, recorded minimum of 6.4 degree Celsius while the minimum at Purnea was 6.0 degree, Bhagalpur at 7.4 degree, the bulletin said. In its forecast, the Met department has said that dry and cold air will prevail on Monday in Patna and Purnea with fog or mist in early morning while Bhagalpur is likely to witness shallow fog and cold wave condition.

Mercury drops to 3 degrees Celsius in Delhi

Cold conditions prevailed in the national capital on Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at 3 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average, the MeT department said. The maximum temperature settled at 22.9 degree Celsius, two notches above the season's average, an official of the Meteorological (MeT) department said. The humidity oscillated between 34 and 100 per cent. Delhi has been reeling under a cold wave for the past few days. Saturday the minimum and maximum temperatures were recorded at 2.6 and 20 degrees Celsius respectively. The MeT has forecast clear skies along with the possibility of moderate fog on Monday morning with haze or smoke thereafter. "The cold waves will continue to prevail at isolated places over Delhi on Monday as well. The minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to be around 4 and 23 degrees Celsius respectively on Monday," the official said.

Amid severe cold, 3 dead in Uttarakhand

Three people have died allegedly due to severe cold wave conditions in Uttarakhand's Dehradun district, officials said Sunday. According to police, three bodies were found from the district's Raiwala area Saturday. Prima-facie it is suspected that they have died due to cold, police said. Officials said exact cause of the death can only be ascertained after the post-mortem examination. There was no respite from cold Sunday with higher reaches of the state reeling under sub-zero temperatures. In the plains, the mercury was 2-3 degrees below the normal. The state capital recorded a minimum temperature of 4.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal, the weather office said. In Pantnagar, the mercury was at 1.5 degrees Celsius, four degrees below the normal, it said. The weather office said cold wave conditions are likely to prevail in the plains over the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, in a relief to those living in night shelters, the state government has decided to make arrangements for

Intense cold wave in Punjab, Haryana; Hisar coldest at 1.6 deg C

Hisar in Haryana reeled at 1.6 degrees Celsius as unrelenting cold wave intensifies in the state and neighbouring Punjab on Sunday. Hisar, where minimum settled five notches below normal, was the coldest place in the two states. Karnal, too, experienced the chill at 2 degrees Celsius, down three notches, Meteorological (MeT) Department officials said here. Narnaul and Rohtak also recorded below normal identical minimum temperatures of 3 degrees each. Ambala and Sirsa too registered below normal identical lows at 4.4 degrees Celsius each while Bhiwani's minimum settled at 4.6 degrees. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, braved the chill at 4 degrees Celsius, down two degrees against normal limits. In Punjab, Gurdaspur was the coldest place recording a low of 2.4 degrees while Ludhiana, too, experienced a cold night at 2.8 degrees Celsius. Patiala's minimum settled at 3.4 degrees, down three notches against normal while Adampur, which was the coldest place in the state on .

Night temperatures rise across Kashmir, slight relief from cold conditions

The residents in Kashmir experienced huge relief from the intense cold wave conditions as the mercury rose by several degrees across the valley and Ladakh region, even as the minimum temperature continued to settle below the freezing point, a MeT official said here Sunday. The night temperature in Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, rose by several degrees Saturday night owing to a cloudy sky, providing huge relief to the residents from the intense cold wave conditions prevalent over the last few days, the official said. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.4 degrees Celsius Saturday night an increase of nearly five degrees from minus 7.2 degrees Celsius on Friday night. The official said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley - in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius up from minus 6.2 degrees Celsius the Friday night. The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 2.7 degrees Celsius as against minus 5.8 degrees Celsius on the Friday night. Kupwara .

Himachal sees cloud but no chance of snow

It was partly cloudy with the cold wave sweeping most parts of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, while the Met office forecast "no chance of rainfall and snowfall in the state till New Year's Eve".

Delhi shivers at 3 degrees C, cold wave continues

The residents of national capital continued to battle a long-lasting cold wave as they woke up to a chilly Sunday morning. The mercury dipped to 3 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average.

Minimum temperature improves in J&K

The minimum temperature across Jammu and Kashmir improved on Sunday due to cloud cover, breaking the cycle of severe cold, the Met Office said.

Nagpur shivers at 3.5 degrees, lowest for day in five decades

Nagpur city in eastern Maharashtra on Saturday recorded the lowest temperature of the day in the last five decades, said a Met department official. The mercury plunged to 3.5 degrees Celsius in the city early morning Saturday, the Regional Meteorological Centre said. Deputy Director General of Meteorology J R Prasad said that Nagpur had recorded a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius on December 29, 2014, but today's low of 3.5 degrees is the lowest for this day in nearly five decades. Ahmednagar in Central Maharashtra recorded the lowest temperature in the state at 3 degrees Celsius Saturday, he said.

At 2.6 degrees Celsius, Delhi records coldest December day in five years

Delhiites continued to shiver in cold wave conditions on Saturday with the minimum temperature dropping to 2.6 degrees Celsius, the lowest in December since 2013, the MeT department said. The minimum temperature may drop further to 2 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the weatherman forecast. An official of Meteorological (MeT) Department said the maximum temperature settled at 20 degrees Celsius on Saturday, a notch below the season's average. "The minimum temperature was recorded at 2.6 degree Celsius, four notches below the season's average. It is the lowest temperature recorded in December so far since 2013," the official said. The humidity oscillated between 60 and 85 per cent. On December 30, 2013, minimum temperature was recorded at 2 degrees Celsius, the official said. Delhi has been reeling under a cold wave for the past a few days. On December 27, the minimum temperature was recorded at 3.4 degrees Celsius. The MeT has forecast clear skies along with the possibility of dense fog on .

Cold intensifies in Odisha

After a brief respite, cold wave conditions intensified across Odisha Saturday with state capital Bhubaneswar experiencing its coldest day of the season at 9.5 degree celsius. With biting cold sweeping across Odisha, the mercury dipped below 10 degree celsius at 17 places, the meteorological centre here said. The tourist destination of Daringibadi in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state with a minimum temperature of 6 degree Celsius, it said. The temperature, which stood at 15.4 degree celsius here Friday, plummeted to 9.5 degree today, the lowest for in the city this winter, it said. On December 24 the capital city had recorded a minimum of 9.9 degree celsius. In neighbouring Cuttack city, the mercury plunged to 9.4 degree celsius from 14 degree recorded on Friday, it said. The minimum temperature touched 6.6 degree celsius at Angul while it was 6.9 degree at Keonjhar, 7 degrees at Phulbani, Sundargarh and Sonepur, 7.7 degree at Jharsuguda, 8.1 degree ..

Agra coldest in UP; min temp drops to 1.7C

Severe cold wave conditions prevailed in western Uttar Pradesh with Agra recording the lowest minimum temperature in the state at 1.7 degrees Celsius Saturday morning. The western parts of the state experienced dense fog, a met office release said. Night temperature dropped in Gorakhpur division and remained below normal in Lucknow, Bareilly, Allahabad, Agra, Faizabad, Varanasi and Meerut divisions. The met office forecast shallow to moderate fog at a few places in the state during the next 24 hours.

Cold wave grips Rajasthan

A cold wave has gripped Rajasthan as the temperature continued to dip. All the cities in the state are recording below average minimum temperatures for the last few days, Met officials said on Saturday.

Leh, Kargil experience coldest night of season

There was slight respite from the intense cold conditions at most places in Kashmir Valley even as Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region of the state experienced the coldest night of the season, the MET office said on Saturday. The night temperature rose slightly across the valley, except in Kokernag, providing some relief to residents. However, the mercury went down in Ladakh region of the state, an official of the MET Office here said. Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir which had experienced the coldest December night in nearly three decades on the previous night at minus 7.7 degrees Celsius, saw the mercury rise half-a-degree to settle at a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius last night. However, the official said the night temperature in the city was still over five degrees below normal for this time of the season. He said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley - in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius up from minus 6.7 degrees Celsius the previous ..

Severe cold wave grips Kashmir Valley, Ladakh

A severe cold wave triggered by the bone chilling night temperature continued unabated in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Saturday, the Met Office said.

At 2.6 degrees C, Delhi records season's lowest temperature

The national capital woke up to a cold morning on Saturday as the mercury dipped to 2.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average -- the season's lowest temperature so far, the Met Office said.

Kolkata sees coldest day of the season on Friday

The eastern metropolis on Friday witnessed the coldest day of the season as mercury plummeted to 11.2 degrees Celsius on the back of an uninterrupted flow of the north-westerly winds sweeping the south Bengal districts, the weatherman said.