Delhi Shivers As Cold Wave Begins, Minimum Temperature Drops To Season’s Lowest Of 4.9℃ – News18
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Delhi Weather Today: MeT has forecasted a further fall of 2℃ in day and night temperatures over the next 2-3 days with cold wave conditions in a few places in Northwest India
People sit around a bonfire on a cold and foggy winter morning, in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)
Delhi Weather Forecast Today: Mercury has dropped in the national capital, reaching 4.9℃ on Tuesday night — the lowest minimum temperature recorded this winter season. The weather department has forecasted further fall in temperatures over the next few days.
Both the day and night temperatures are now below-normal over major parts of Northwest India. The daytime temperatures are hovering around 20-23℃ in Delhi, but plummeting to 5-10℃ during the night. It reached 4.9℃ in Safdarjung on Tuesday night — nearly 5℃ below-normal. This is earlier than last year, when mercury had hit 4.9℃ on December 15. Safdarjung’s all-time lowest minimum temperature is 0.0℃ recorded on December 27, 1930.
With this, the India Meteorological Department confirmed the onset of cold wave conditions in the region. A cold wave is declared when minimum temperatures fall below 10.1℃ and are at least 4.4℃ below normal for two consecutive days.
“Due to likely absence of any significant Western Disturbance (WD) and likely persistence of strong surface winds (10-20kmph) during the daytime, minimum temperatures are likely to prevail in the range of 4-6℃ over Delhi during next 3-4 days,” the forecast stated.
The weather remains largely dry over most parts of Northwest India, except the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, which recorded rain/snowfall following a western disturbance earlier this week. Adampur in Punjab recorded the lowest night temperature of 0.6℃ on Monday night.
Cold wave has also been reported in isolated parts of Jammu and Kashmir. According to MeT, cold wave conditions are likely to sweep parts of West Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh during the next 2-3 days as minimum temperatures fall.
Meanwhile dense fog has blanketed parts of West Bengal and Bihar where visibility has dropped to less than 200 metres during early morning hours.
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