Mercury dips in north India

A significant dip in mercury today brought several parts of north India in the grip of mild wintry conditions.
The national capital Delhi experienced a nip in the air as the sun set with minimum temperature being recorded around three notches below yesterday's nadir.
The weather department recorded a low of 16.2 degrees Celsius in the city, three notches below the normal, while the maximum registered 30.6 degrees Celsius, also three notches below the season's average.
Yesterday, the minimum was recorded at 19.6 degrees Celsius and the maximum at 30.4 degrees Celsius.
Humidity levels oscillated extremely between 36 and 90 per cent, the Met department said.

Temperatures plunged several notches below normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana.

According to MeT office, barring few places, mercury remained below 30 degrees Celsius in both the states.
Union Territory Chandigarh recorded maximum at 29.9 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, it said.
Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar recorded a high of 28.3 degrees Celsius, five degrees below normal while Ludhiana and Patiala had maximums of 29.7 and 30 degrees Celsius.
In Haryana, Ambala and Bhiwani recorded mercury at 29 and 29.2 degrees Celsius, up to three degrees below normal while Hisar's maximum settled at 30.6 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal.

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers occurred at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours.
Khair in Aligarh received the most rainfall at 3 cm, according to the Met department.
While mercury rose markedly in Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Agra divisions, it was appreciably below normal in Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut divisions.
The highest maximum temperature was 33 degrees Celsius recorded at Shahjahanpur and lowest minimum temperature was 13 degrees Celsius recorded at Muzaffarnagar, the Met department said.