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Minimum temperature improves in J&K

The minimum temperature across Jammu and Kashmir improved on Sunday due to cloud cover, breaking the cycle of severe cold, the Met Office said.

Nagpur shivers at 3.5 degrees, lowest for day in five decades

Nagpur city in eastern Maharashtra on Saturday recorded the lowest temperature of the day in the last five decades, said a Met department official. The mercury plunged to 3.5 degrees Celsius in the city early morning Saturday, the Regional Meteorological Centre said. Deputy Director General of Meteorology J R Prasad said that Nagpur had recorded a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius on December 29, 2014, but today's low of 3.5 degrees is the lowest for this day in nearly five decades. Ahmednagar in Central Maharashtra recorded the lowest temperature in the state at 3 degrees Celsius Saturday, he said.

At 2.6 degrees Celsius, Delhi records coldest December day in five years

Delhiites continued to shiver in cold wave conditions on Saturday with the minimum temperature dropping to 2.6 degrees Celsius, the lowest in December since 2013, the MeT department said. The minimum temperature may drop further to 2 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the weatherman forecast. An official of Meteorological (MeT) Department said the maximum temperature settled at 20 degrees Celsius on Saturday, a notch below the season's average. "The minimum temperature was recorded at 2.6 degree Celsius, four notches below the season's average. It is the lowest temperature recorded in December so far since 2013," the official said. The humidity oscillated between 60 and 85 per cent. On December 30, 2013, minimum temperature was recorded at 2 degrees Celsius, the official said. Delhi has been reeling under a cold wave for the past a few days. On December 27, the minimum temperature was recorded at 3.4 degrees Celsius. The MeT has forecast clear skies along with the possibility of dense fog on .

Cold intensifies in Odisha

After a brief respite, cold wave conditions intensified across Odisha Saturday with state capital Bhubaneswar experiencing its coldest day of the season at 9.5 degree celsius. With biting cold sweeping across Odisha, the mercury dipped below 10 degree celsius at 17 places, the meteorological centre here said. The tourist destination of Daringibadi in Kandhamal district was the coldest place in the state with a minimum temperature of 6 degree Celsius, it said. The temperature, which stood at 15.4 degree celsius here Friday, plummeted to 9.5 degree today, the lowest for in the city this winter, it said. On December 24 the capital city had recorded a minimum of 9.9 degree celsius. In neighbouring Cuttack city, the mercury plunged to 9.4 degree celsius from 14 degree recorded on Friday, it said. The minimum temperature touched 6.6 degree celsius at Angul while it was 6.9 degree at Keonjhar, 7 degrees at Phulbani, Sundargarh and Sonepur, 7.7 degree at Jharsuguda, 8.1 degree ..

Agra coldest in UP; min temp drops to 1.7C

Severe cold wave conditions prevailed in western Uttar Pradesh with Agra recording the lowest minimum temperature in the state at 1.7 degrees Celsius Saturday morning. The western parts of the state experienced dense fog, a met office release said. Night temperature dropped in Gorakhpur division and remained below normal in Lucknow, Bareilly, Allahabad, Agra, Faizabad, Varanasi and Meerut divisions. The met office forecast shallow to moderate fog at a few places in the state during the next 24 hours.

Cold wave grips Rajasthan

A cold wave has gripped Rajasthan as the temperature continued to dip. All the cities in the state are recording below average minimum temperatures for the last few days, Met officials said on Saturday.

Leh, Kargil experience coldest night of season

There was slight respite from the intense cold conditions at most places in Kashmir Valley even as Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region of the state experienced the coldest night of the season, the MET office said on Saturday. The night temperature rose slightly across the valley, except in Kokernag, providing some relief to residents. However, the mercury went down in Ladakh region of the state, an official of the MET Office here said. Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir which had experienced the coldest December night in nearly three decades on the previous night at minus 7.7 degrees Celsius, saw the mercury rise half-a-degree to settle at a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius last night. However, the official said the night temperature in the city was still over five degrees below normal for this time of the season. He said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley - in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius up from minus 6.7 degrees Celsius the previous ..

Severe cold wave grips Kashmir Valley, Ladakh

A severe cold wave triggered by the bone chilling night temperature continued unabated in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Saturday, the Met Office said.

At 2.6 degrees C, Delhi records season's lowest temperature

The national capital woke up to a cold morning on Saturday as the mercury dipped to 2.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average -- the season's lowest temperature so far, the Met Office said.

Kolkata sees coldest day of the season on Friday

The eastern metropolis on Friday witnessed the coldest day of the season as mercury plummeted to 11.2 degrees Celsius on the back of an uninterrupted flow of the north-westerly winds sweeping the south Bengal districts, the weatherman said.

Cold wave continues in Delhi

Cold wave conditions prevailed in the national capital Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at five degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average. The day temperature plunged to 18.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal, the lowest maximum temperature recorded so far this season, the MeT office said. The humidity oscillated between 100 and 55 per cent. The weatherman has forecast clear skies for Saturday along with moderate to dense fog in the morning and haze or smoke thereafter. "Cold wave will continue at isolated places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover at around 20 and 3 degrees respectively," the weatherman. On Thursday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 3.6 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest December day in the national capital since 2014. The maximum temperature was recorded at 21.3 degrees Celsius.

Season's first snowfall in Sikkim

Sikkim saw the first snowfall of the season on Friday giving the tourists to the Himalayan state reason to cheer. Snowfall in the state usually takes place in January while it does not snow in the capital city Gangtok. According to a meteorological centre here, there was snowfall in the upper reaches of the state like Lachen and Lachung in North, at Ravangla in South and in Hanuman Tonk region in East Sikkim. Tourists were seen coming out on the roads from their hotels and vehicles to enjoy the snowfall. The weather changed in the afternoon with lighting, rain and hailstrom in various parts of the state. After the rains, the minimum temperature in Gangtok dropped to 6 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.

Cold wave conditions intensify in Rajasthan

Cold wave conditions intensified in Rajasthan, with Fatehpur of Sikar district recording a minimum temperature of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature was recorded at the observatory of Agricultural Research Centre in Fatehpur. Fatehpur was followed by Churu, which recorded 0 degrees Celsius, followed by Bhilwara where the night temperature was 0.2 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in Sikar and Mount Abu, the sole hill station of the desert state, was 1 degrees Celsius while the mercury settled in Vanasthali, Alwar, Chittorgarh, Dabok, Sriganganagar and Kota at 1.6, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 3.2 and 4.8 degrees Celsius, respectively. Other stations in the districts also recorded night temperature between 5.6 to 10.4 degrees Celsius till Friday morning since Thursday, according to a report by the MeT Department. It said the cold conditions would remain the same over the next few days.

Cold wave persists in HP, Manali records minus 5.4 deg C after fresh snowfall

Intense cold wave continued in Himachal Pradesh with Keylong recording a low of minus 11.4 degrees Celsius and popular tourist destination Manali reeling at minus 5.4 degrees Celsius after fresh snowfall, the local MeT centre said Friday. The lowest temperature in the state was recorded at tribal district Lahaul and Spiti's administrative centre Keylong at minus 11.4 degrees Celsius between 5:30 pm Thursday to 8:30 am Friday, MeT, Shimla, Director Manmohan Singh said. The temperature was below freezing point in Kalpa (minus 6 degrees Celsius), Bhuntar (minus 1.7 degrees Celsius), Sundernagar (minus 1.5 degrees Celsius), Dalhousie (1.1 degrees Celsius), Solan (minus 1 degree Celsius) and Chamba (minus 0.7 degree Celsius), he said. Manali received 1.8 cm snowfall during this period, he added. The minimum temperature in the state capital Shimla was 0.2 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said.

Mercury drops further in Valley, Kargil coldest at minus 16.2 deg C

Cold wave conditions intensified in Jammu and Kashmir with several parts of the state shivering at sub-zero temperatures and Kargil emerging as the state's coldest place at a low of minus 16.2 degrees Celsius, MeT department said Friday. The mercury dropped further in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region, freezing the water bodies, the famous Dal Lake and water supply lines in several residential areas. Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir had experienced the coldest December night in nearly three decades with a low of minus 7.6 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, which dropped further to minus 7.7 degrees Celsius Thursday, making it the coldest night of the season so far in the city and the coldest December night in 28 years since December 7, 1990 when the city had recorded a low of minus 8.8 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said. On Thursday night, Kargil was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 16.2 degrees Celsius, the ...

Cold wave grips Rajasthan

Cold wave swept large parts of Rajasthan with Churu recording a minimum temperature of zero degrees Celsius and Bhilwara 0.2 degrees Celsius, a Met report said. The minimum temperature in Sikar and Mount Abu -- the state's only hill station -- was recorded at one degrees Celsius, the Meteorological Department (Met) report said. The night temperature at Vanasthali was 1.6 degrees Celsius, 2.4 degrees Celsius at Alwar, 2.6 degrees Celsius at Chittorgarh, 2.8 degrees Celsius at Dabok, 3.2 degrees Celsius at Sri Ganganagar and 4.8 degrees Celsius at Kota. The night temperatures were registered between 5.6 and 10.4 degrees Celsius at other stations in the state, it said. Cold conditions would remain the same over the next few days, the report said.

Manali, nearby hills covered in snow

Manali and its nearby hills in Himachal Pradesh received more snow on Friday and are wrapped in a white blanket to the glee of tourists, the Met Office said.

Srinagar, Jammu experience coldest night of season

Record-breaking cold continued on Friday in both Jammu and Srinagar cities as intense cold wave lashed Jammu and Kashmir, the Met Office said.

Cold morning in Delhi, minimum temps settles at 5 deg Celsius

Delhiites woke up to a cold Friday morning as the minimum temperature was recorded at five degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average. Humidity was recorded at 91 per cent. The weatherman has forecast clear skies through the day with the possibility of haze or smoke, and the maximum temperature is likely to settle at 21 degrees Celsius. According to a MeT department official, the minimum temperature on Saturday might dip to three degrees Celsius. On Thursday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 3.4 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest December day in the national capital since 2014. The maximum temperature was recorded at 21.3 degrees Celsius.

Cold Friday morning in Delhi; air quality 'very poor'

It was a cold Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, the Met Office said.