No respite from icy winds, Churu shivers at 1.7 degree C

There was no respite from the shivering icy winds in Rajasthan as Churu remained the coldest place with a minimum temperature of 1.7 degrees C, about 5 degrees below normal.
Fog and mist continued to affect normal life and vehicular traffic across the state despite the mercury rose to one to two degree C at many places last night, the official said.
About five trains of NWR were running late and traffic jams were observed due to mist or dense fog in wee hours today on Jaipur-Delhi, Jaipur-Agra via Bharatpur, the official sources said.
Sole hill station Mount Abu recorded the lowest temperature at 4 degrees C giving little respite to tourists.

Ganganagar recorded a minimum of 4.3 deg C, Pilani 4.7 deg C, Jaipur 5.7 deg C, Udaipur 6 deg C, Chittorgarh 6.2 deg C, Ajmer 7.3 deg C, Kota 8.7 deg C, Jodhpur 9.1 deg C, and Jaisalmer 10.2 degrees C.
There would be no major change in the existing weather conditions in the state in next 24 hours, a MeT forecast said.