Cold Wave

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday appealed to the citizens to participate in efforts to protect vulnerable people from the ongoing cold wave, urging them to ensure domestic workers, sanitation staff, security guards and others around them have adequate arrangements to cope with the severe cold. "The government is working with full sensitivity and promptness to protect people from the cold wave in north India. Officials have been instructed to adopt a humane and highly sensitive approach," he wrote in a post on X in Hindi. Across the state, he added, night shelters are being operated at full capacity while arrangements for quilts, blankets, drinking water, bonfires and heaters have been ensured at these shelters. "Examinees coming from other places and relatives of patients are also being provided shelter here. For the government, every human life is invaluable," the CM said. He further said woollen clothes and blankets are being distributed to the needy throug

IMD has forecast dense to very dense fog, cold day conditions, and fresh spells of rain and snowfall across large parts of north India, with several states likely to remain affected till December 27

IMD warns that an active western disturbance, falling temperatures and dense fog may continue to affect visibility and disrupt transport services across multiple states

Dense fog and severe cold wave conditions disrupted normal life across several northern states, with Uttar Pradesh under red alert and Delhi witnessing flight cancellations amid low visibility

With December 18 recorded as the coldest day so far, winter conditions are set to intensify across north India as the IMD forecasts dense fog, cold wave conditions and snowfall in the Himalayan region

Dense fog and cold wave disrupt road and air travel in Delhi-NCR and northern India, with IMD issuing fog alerts for five states and cold wave warnings for Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand

IMD has warned of dense fog, cold wave conditions and snowfall across multiple states, with Delhi facing flight disruptions and several regions bracing for low visibility and falling temperatures

Delhi-NCR sees dense morning fog with reduced visibility while cold wave conditions continue in Telangana and interior Karnataka

IMD has issued fresh alerts for dense fog, cold wave conditions and light rain or snowfall across several regions, warning of low visibility and a further dip in temperatures

Dense fog expected across northern states while cold wave will likely persist in central and peninsular regions until December 14, says IMD

The winters could be cooler in the plains due to prevailing La Niña conditions - though it does not have a direct relationship - and also due to the influence of the polar vortex

Cold waves during December 2025 are likely to be above normal over parts of northwest, central and northeast India, the IMD stated in its winter temperature and rainfall outlook

Temperatures have begun to dip in Delhi, with the city recording its lowest minimum temperature of the month so far at 16.9 degrees Celsius on Saturday, while the air quality remained in the "poor" category. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature of 16.9 degrees Celsius is two notches below the season's average. In 2023, the temperature dipped to 15.9 degrees Celsius whereas in 2024, it recorded 17.4 degrees Celsius. The city recorded the AQI in the "poor" category with a reading of 292 at 4 pm, according to the CPCP. However, Anand Vihar and Wazirabad was in the "severe" category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 415 and 405, respectively, the highest among all monitoring stations, according to the Sameer app by the CPCB. Sixteen stations recorded AQI in the "very poor" category (above 300), while the rest were in the poor category (below 300). As per the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 to 100 "satisfactory", 10

The NHRC has urged various states and UTs to take "pre-emptive steps" and implement relief measures to protect the vulnerable segments of the society, especially the newborns, poor, elderly and the homeless who are at risk from the ensuing cold wave, due to "lack of shelter and resources". In a statement issued on Thursday, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) also said it acknowledges that changing weather patterns due to climate change "affect human rights" as it affirmed its commitment to protect vulnerable sections of the population impacted by extreme weather events to ensure their dignity is respected and upheld. The NHRC, keeping in view the cold wave in the country, "has urged 19 state governments and four UT (Union Territory) administrations to take preemptive steps and implement relief measures to protect the vulnerable segments, especially the newborns, children, infants, poor, elderly, homeless, destitute and people involved in beggary, who are at risk due to lack

Cold wave conditions continued in the high-altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh after fresh snowfall in the higher reaches of Kullu and Mandi districts and several parts of Lahaul-Spiti district, the local Met office said on Wednesday. The Manali-Leh road was blocked due to snowfall and vehicles going towards Ladakh were stopped at Darcha, officials said. In Lahaul-Spiti, Gondhla received 30 cm of snow followed by Keylong (15 cm), Hansa (5 cm) and Kukumseri (3.2 cm). Moderate to very heavy rain lashed the low and middle hills of the state, with Naina Devi receiving 132.6 mm of rain since Tuesday evening, followed by Solan (119.6 mm), Berthin (78.6 mm), Pachhad (78.2 mm), Malraon (75.4 mm), Kasauli (68 mm), Bharmani (67.2 mm), Bilaspur (64.8 mm), Kahu (64.1 mm), Dharampur (62.4 mm), and Ghaghas (55 mm), the local weather office said. Thunderstorms were witnessed in Murari Devi, Kangra, Palampur, Sundernagar, Jubbarhatti and Shimla, while gusty winds swept Narkanda, Kufri, Neri and ...

IMD's latest weather forecast said that the western disturbance is affecting Delhi, causing partially cloudy skies and isolated drizzles in parts of the city on February 19 and February 20

Cold waves, a defining characteristic of Delhi's winters, were almost entirely absent this season. December recorded just one cold wave day

The IMD predicts light showers for the next two days with increasing levels of fog expected in Delhi. Dense fog conditions still continue in isolated parts of the city

Sunday is expected to have clear skies with dense fog in the morning and at night, while minimum temperature is likely to drop by 1-2 degrees Celsius

Weather has been pleasant lately with warm days. However, nights continue to remain cold and rain is expected in the first week of February