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Jammu records season's coldest day
Residents of Jammu woke up to a chilly morning Tuesday as the night temperature had plunged to 4.1 degrees Celsius the season's lowest so far. Earlier on December 17, the city of temples had recorded a low of 4.4 degrees Celsius. The upward trend in the mercury marked a dip on Monday when the night temperature settled at 5.3 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night's 6.7 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological department (Met) spokesperson said. The night temperature is on a decline across the Jammu region, with the minimum temperature in Banihal and Batote, along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, and Bhaderwah, in Doda district, slipping to sub-zero levels, he said. Banihal, the gateway to Kashmir, was the coldest recorded place in the region with a low of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, followed by Bhaderwah at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius and Batote at minus 2 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said. He said Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the famous cave shrine of Vaishno Devi ..
Cold wave intensifies in HP on Christmas as Manali reels at minus 3.2 deg C
The cove wave tightened its grip on Himchal Pradesh on Christmas, with the mercury plunging to minus 9.4 degrees Celsius in Keylong and popular tourist destination Manali reeling at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius from 5.30 pm on Monday to 8.30 am Tuesday. Kalpa, Solan, Bhuntar, Sundernagar and Seobagh also witnessed sub-zero temperatures during the period, Meteorological Centre, Shimla, Director Manmohan Singh said. Keylong, administrative centre of the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district, was the coldest place in the state, he said. The minimum temperature in Kalpa was recorded at minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, Seobagh at minus 1.7 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar at minus 1 degree Celsius, Sundernagar at minus 0.7 degree Celsius and Solan at minus 0.4 degree Celsius, Singh added. The minimum temperature in state capital Shimla was 1.7 degrees Celsius during the period. Similarly the minimum in Kufri remained at 0.8 degree Celsius and in Dalhousie, at 1.1 degrees Celsius, he said.
No snowfall in Kashmir on Christmas
Christmas celebrations in Kashmir are likely to miss the traditional snowfall this year as an unabated cold wave continues on Tuesday with the Met denying any possibility of rain or snow till New Year.
Cold wave conditions in Rajasthan
Cold wave conditions prevailed in some parts of Rajasthan despite a slight increase in night temperature, a MeT official said Monday. Cold conditions along with dense fog in Alwar and Sriganganagar districts reduced visibility, he added. Technical faults resulting from fog disrupted electricity supply in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts, power department officials said. As per the MeT department, Sriganganagar recorded a minimum of 2.7 degrees Celsius, followed by 5.2 degrees Celsius in Churu, 5.5 degrees Celsius in Bikaner, 7.2 degrees Celsius in Udaipur, 7.5 degrees Celsius in Jaisalmer, 7.6 degrees Celsius in Kota, 9 degrees Celsius in Ajmer, 10 degrees Celsius in Barmer, 10.01 degrees Celsius in Jaipur and 11.2 degrees Celsius in Jodhpur. The Maximum temperature was recorded in between 17.5 and 26 degrees Celsius at most of the places in the state, it said. The MeT department has predicted cold wave conditions and ground frost in some parts of the state, including Alwar, ...
Odisha 11 places record temperature below 10 deg C
Cold weather conditions tightened its grip over Odisha Monday as the temperature slid below 10 degree celsius in at least 11 places in the state. Phulbani was the coldest place in the state recording a minimum temperature of 6.5 degree celsius, while the mercury dipped to 7 degree celsius at the tourist destination of Daringibadi, also in Kandhamal district, the meteorological centre here said. Keonjhar recorded 7.2 degrees celsius, while the minimum temperature stood at 7.6 degree celsius at Angul, 8 degree at Sonepur, 9 degree at both Titlagarh and Sundargarh, 9.1 degree in Balasore, 9.5 degree in Sambalpur and Jharsuguda, it said. The mercury plummeted to 9.1 degree celsius in state capital Bhubaneswar, while neighbouring Cuttack recorded a minimum temperatuer of 10.4 degree celsius. Both Baripada and Balangir recorded 10 degree celsius, it said. Coastal areas of the state also recorded a sharp fall in the night temperature. The night temperature in most parts of the
Cold wave continues in north India; Srinagar records coldest night in 11 years
The cold wave sweeping large parts of north India continued unabated on Monday, with Srinagar witnessing its coldest night in 11 years at minus 6.8 degrees Celsius, resulting in partial freezing of the Dal Lake, and Amritsar reeling at 1.1 degrees Celsius. Delhiites woke up to a chilly Monday morning as the minimum temperature settled at 4.6 degrees Celsius. The fall in temperature is due to cold wave conditions prevailing over northwest India, the Meteorological Department (Met) said. The minimum temperature in the national capital was three notches below the season's average, while the maximum temperature was recorded at 21.2 degrees Celsius, it said. On Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 22 and 3.7 degrees Celsius respectively Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- recorded its coldest night in 11 years as the mercury plunged to minus 6.8 degrees Celsius on Monday, a Met official said. The cold wave resulted in freezing of some water ...
Thick fog engulfs Delhi, visibility drops to 200 mt
Owing to the prevalence of cold and dry northwesterly winds, the weather in the national capital will mostly be dry accompanied by dense fog. On Monday, the maximum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 22 Degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was 6 Degree Celsius."Cold weather combined with the availability of moisture will result in foggy conditions over Northwest India. This dense fog is likely to reduce visibility over Punjab, Haryana, North Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh resulting in difficulty for commuters in the morning and noon hours," stated Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency.Dense to very dense fog was observed at isolated places over Punjab and West Rajasthan and moderate fog at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh in the morning hours. Visibility in Amritsar and Ganganagar was 50 metres in the morning while in Delhi's Palam it was 200 meters.In Patiala, Ambala, Hissar, Bikaner, Bareilly and Delhi's Safdarjung the ...
Thick fog engulfs Delhi, visibility drops to 200 mt
Dense to very dense fog was observed at isolated places over Punjab and West Rajasthan and moderate fog at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh
Amritsar reels 1.1 degrees Celsius as cold wave grips Punjab, Haryana
Ongoing cold wave conditions sweeping Punjab and Haryana continued unabated on Monday, with Amritsar reeling at 1.1 degrees Celsius. Amritsar and Halwara recorded identical minimum temperatures as the minimum in both states settled below normal limits, a Meteorological (Met) Department official said here. A thick blanket of fog reduced visibility at several places in the two states, including Ludhiana, Patiala, Adampur, Amritsar, Halwara, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Ambala. Adampur recorded a minimum temperature of 1.6 degrees Celsius, while that in Bathinda was 3.2 degrees Celsius, the official said. Ludhiana experienced a drop in night temperature at 2.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Pathankot at 3 degrees Celsius, Gurdaspur at 3.8 degrees Celsius, Faridkot at 4 degrees Celsius and Patiala at 5 degrees Celsius, he said. In Haryana, Karnal was the coldest place at 3.4 degrees Celsius, while Ambala and Hisar recorded respective minimums of 3.8 degrees Celsius and 4.5 degrees ...
Srinagar records coldest night in 11 years, minimum plunges to minus 6.8 deg C
Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- recorded the coldest night in 11 years as the minimum temperature plunged to minus 6.8 degrees Celsius, resulting in partial freezing of the Dal Lake and water supply lines to residential areas on Monday. The all-time low recorded in the month of December in Srinagar is minus 12.8 degrees Celsius on December 13, 1934. "Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 6.8 degrees Celsius. This is the coldest recorded temperature in the city in almost 11 years. The city had registered a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius on December 31, 2007," an official of the MET department told PTI on Monday. The cold wave resulted in freezing of some water bodies, including the fringes of the famous Dal Lake here, and residential water supply pipes. The official said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley - in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5 degrees Celsius, while the nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 3.9 degrees Celsius on Sunday ...
Sunny Himachal as Shimla registers season's lowest temperature
It was sunny on Monday but most parts of Himachal Pradesh still experienced intense cold weather and Shimla shivered at 1.8 degrees Celsius, the season's lowest.
Coldest December night in Srinagar in 11 years
At minus 6.8 degrees Celsius Srinagar recorded the coldest December night on Monday after over a decade, as a severe cold wave swept through the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region, Met said.
Cold wave continues in Raj but night temperatures rise
Cold weather conditions continue to prevail in Rajasthan even as most parts of the state witnessed slight increase in the night temperatures, MeT officials said Sunday. On Saturday night, Sikar's Fatehpur Shekhawati recorded 1.4 degrees Celsius. The town had recorded sub-zero temperature for the last nine days. According to the MeT department, the only hill station of the desert state, Mount Abu, recorded 1.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday night. The lowest night temperature was recorded in Alwar at 3.4 degrees Celsius. It was followed by Churu (4.7), Eranpura road (5.2), Sriganganagar (5.3), Chittorgarh and Udaipur (both 5.9), Sawai Madhopur (6.2), Pilani (6.6), Kota (6.9), Jodhpur (8), Jaisalmer (8.7), Ajmer (8.8), Sikar and Phalodi (both 9), Bikaner (9.4), Jaipur (10.1) and Barmer (10.5), the weatherman said. On Sunday, the minimum day temperature of 4.7 degree Celsius was recorded in Churu followed by 5.3 degrees Celsius in Sriganganagar, and 5.8 degrees Celsius in Dabok. The maximum
Odisha: 10 places record temperature below 10 degrees Celsius
Biting cold tightened its grip over Odisha Sunday with the temperature sliding below 10 degrees Celsius in at least 10 places. Keonjhar became the coldest place in the state recording a minimum temperature of 7.1 degrees Celsius, while the mercury dipped to 7.5 degrees Celsius at the tourist destination of Daringbadi in Kandhamal district, the Meteorological Centre here said. Coastal areas of the state also recorded a sharp fall in the night temperature with state capital Bhubaneswar and neighbouring Cuttack recording 10.2 and 11.1 degrees Celsius respectively. The night temperature in most parts of the state is likely to remain 3 to 4 degrees Celsius below normal during the next three days in the state, the MeT centre said. With most parts of the state shivering under intense cold, Odisha government on Saturday had asked district collectors to take steps to provide night accommodation to the homeless inside schools and public buildings. The civic body authorities have ..
Drop in mercury turns Delhi air 'severe'; may improve next week
Sharp drop in the minimum temperature caused the air quality in Delhi-NCR to turned 'severe' on Sunday and as per the Met it will remain so till Monday morning as such physical activities outdoors should not be encouraged.
Northern states shiver as mercury plummets
Cold wave sweeping Punjab and Haryana for the past ten days continued unabated, with Adampur shivering at 1.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Adampur in Punjab was the coldest place in the two states recording a bone chilling minimum temperature. Severe cold swept Bathinda too, which recorded a minimum temperature of 2 degrees Celsius while Halwara's minimum settled at 2.2 deg C, a Meteorological Department official said here. Amritsar (4.9 deg C),Ludhiana (3.7 deg C), Patiala (4.1 deg C), Pathankot (5.6 deg C), Faridkot (5 deg C) and Gurdaspur (4.2 deg C) tooexperienced a cold night. In Haryana, Narnaul was the coldest place recording a low of 2.5 degrees Celsius, while Hisar and Karnal, too, were gripped by intense cold with both places recording respective minimums of 3.8 deg C and 4 deg C. Rohtak (6.2 deg C), Bhiwani (6.5 deg C) and Ambala (5.4 deg C) also recorded below normal minimum temperatures. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 5.9 deg C. The ...
Cold wave intensifies, temperature dips to zero degrees in Karnal
Temperature in Karnal district dropped to zero degrees on Sunday as the cold wave intensified across the northern part of India.While Gurugram recorded 1.4 degrees Celsius, temperatures in Hisar and Rohtak were docking at 2.7 degrees and 3.8 degrees Celsius, respectively.Chilly winters accompanied by the menace of air pollution is making a deadly combination for people residing in the national capital and nearby areas.In Delhi, minimum temperatures dropped marginally in many areas on Sunday morning. The lowest temperature was recorded near Lodhi Road (3.7 degrees Celsius), followed by Safdarjung (4.0 degrees Celsius), Aya Nagar (4.8 degrees Celsius) and Palam (5.6 degrees Celsius). Furthermore, the overall air quality index of Delhi was 419, which falls in the 'hazardous' category.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), western disturbance lies over Afghanistan and adjoining north Pakistan and is likely to affect higher reaches of the western Himalayan region during ...
At 3.7 degrees C, Delhi records coldest December day in 12 years
The national capital on Sunday recorded its coldest December temperature in the past 12 years with mercury dipping to 3.7 degrees Celsius, as a moderate cover of fog surrounded the city dropping visibility. The minimum temperature for the month lower than Sunday's was recorded on December 29, 2007 at 3.9 degrees Celsius, according to data from the Met department. The Sunday's minimum temperature was four notches below the season's average, a Met department official said. The all-time lowest temperature in the national capital for the month of December was 1.1 degrees Celsius recorded on December 26, 1945, the data showed. The morning also witnessed a moderate cover of fog around the city with visibility dropping to 300 metres at Palam and 400 metres at Safdarjung, said the MeT department official. The maximum temperature for the day is expected to hover around 22 degrees Celsius, he said. As the day progresses, it is likely to become partly cloudy. Haze will also appear in the ...
Cold wave grips J&K, Drass at minus 17.3
Icy cold winds blowing from the snow-clad mountains brought down the temperatures to minus 17.3 in Drass town on Sunday as the cold wave intensified in the Kashmir Valley.
Cold wave in parts of western UP
Cold-wave conditions prevailed at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh, with Muzaffarnagar recording 0.4 degrees Celsius. The met office said shallow-to-moderate fog occurred at isolated places over the state and there was dense fog in some parts of western UP. Night temperatures remained below normal in Varanasi, Faizabad, Allahabad, Lucknow, Bareilly, Meerut, Gorakhpur and Agra divisions. Muzaffarnagar was the coldest in the state with 0.4 degrees Celsius. Day temperatures fell in Moradabad division and there wad no large change in the remaining divisions over the state. The weather department has forecast shallow-to-moderate fog at isolated places, with cold-wave condition in some places over the western region.
