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Jammu records coldest night
As a cold wave intensified across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, Jammu city recorded the season's coldest night at 3.5 degrees Celsius, the Met said.
Delhi grapples with cold wave, air quality in 'very poor' category
As the intense cold wave and foggy weather conditions continued to engulf the national capital, the air quality too showed no signs of improvement, with the index clocking at "very poor" category.As temperatures dipped in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), the homeless people, who are the worst sufferers in the chilly weather season, continued to turn towards crowded night shelters in different parts of the city to escape the icy cold winds.However, flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport continue to remain on schedule as the visibility is normal.According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the overall air quality index (AQI) in Delhi was recorded at 385 till 8 am, which fall in the 'very poor' category. The AQI showed marginal improvement after being in the 'severe' category for a couple of days owing to increased wind speed.The AQI between the range of 51 to 100 is considered as satisfactory, 101-200 is moderate, ...
Amritsar records 0.4 degrees as cold wave continues in Punjab, Haryana
Amritsar city recorded a low of 0.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday as cold wave conditions prevailed across the plains of Punjab and Haryana in the past 24 hours.
Delhi records coldest day of the month
As the city celebrated Christmas on Tuesday, it was the coldest day of the season with the mercury dropping to 19.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average. The day's minimum temperature was recorded at 5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, a MeT department official said, adding that it was the coldest day of the month. The minimum temperature is likely to dip to three degrees Celsius after December 28, the official said. A heavy blanket of fog engulfed the national capital in the morning on Tuesday with visibility dropping to 50 metres. Flight operations were partially suspended at the Delhi airport due to low visibility as departures were put on hold and more than 80 flights were delayed, an official said. Humidity oscillated between 100 and 52 per cent. The weatherman has predicted moderate fog on Wednesday morning with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to settle around 20 and 4 degrees Celsius respectively. On Monday, the maximum and minimum .
North India reels under cold wave on Christmas, dense fog disrupts flights at Delhi airport
There was no respite from cold wave conditions on Christmas in north India with dense fog partially stalling flight operations at Delhi airport, officials said Friday. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, the weather office said. Flight operations were partially suspended at the Delhi airport due to low visibility conditions as departures were put on hold and more than 80 flights were delayed, an official said. The humidity level in Delhi was recorded at 100 per cent. Shallow and moderate fog in the evening is in forecast. In Himachal Pradesh, cold wave conditions continued with the mercury plunging to minus 9.4 degrees Celsius in Keylong and popular tourist destination Manali reeling at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius. Kalpa, Solan, Bhuntar, Sundernagar and Seobagh also witnessed sub-zero temperatures, Director of Shimla's Meteorological Centre Manmohan Singh said. The minimum temperature in state capital Shimla was 1.7 degrees ...
Dense fog in various parts of Rajasthan
Dense fog was witnessed in various parts of Rajasthan Tuesday amid cold wave conditions, a Meteorological (MeT) official. Traffic movement was affected in Sriganganagar, Churu, Pilani, Sikar and Jaipur where visibility was as low as 50 to 90 meters and 90 to 100 meters in Bikaner, Alwar, Bhilwara and Chittorgarh, the official said. He said cold wave conditions in Alwar, Pilani, Sikar, Churu and Sriganganagar affected normal life. Churu recorded a minimum of 1 degrees Celsius followed by 1.4 degrees Celsius in Pilani, 2 degrees Celsius in Mount Abu, 2.8 degrees Celsius in Alwar, 3.5 degrees Celsius in Sikar, 4.3 degrees Celsius in Sriganganagar, 6 in Jaisalmer, 6.2 in Swai Madhopur, as per the MeT officials. The maximum temperature was recorded between 17.5 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius at most places of the state. The MeT department has forecast cold wave conditions and warned of ground frost in Alwar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Dausa, Dholpur, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Bikaner, Churu, ...
Cold wave continues in UP, Muzaffarnagar shivers at 1.6 deg C
Most parts of Uttar Pradesh was in the grip of cold wave conditions and isolated areas witnessed shallow to moderate fog, with Muzaffarnagar experiencing the lowest minimum temperature in the state at 1.6 degrees Celsius. According to the meteorological department, night temperatures remained appreciably below normal in Allahabad, Meerut, Faizabad, Lucknow and Bareilly divisions and below normal in Varanasi, Agra divisions. The weatherman has forecast, dense fog with ground frost in western Uttar Pradesh will the eastern part of the state will remain dry with moderate fog at some places for the next two days.
Himachal to miss snowfall on New Year's Eve
The sun is shining brightly in Himachal Pradesh these days and dry conditions is likely to prevail till the New Year dawns, the weather bureau said on Tuesday.
No let up in cold wave, Amritsar, Adampur reels at 0.4 deg C
Freezing cold conditions gripped parts of Punjab and Haryana as the minimum temperatures, which have been hovering below normal limits over the past two weeks, further plummeted on Tuesday. Amritsar and Adampur reeled as the mercury plunged to identical minimum temperatures of 0.4 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological Department (Met) official said here. It was also the season's coldest night so far in Amritsar, where the minimum dropped three notches below normal limits, he said. Among other places in Punjab, Pathankot recorded a low of 2.9 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana 2.8 degrees Celsius, Faridkot 3.8 degrees Celsius, Gurdaspur 3.5 degrees Celsius, Bathinda 4.5 degrees Celsius and Halwara registered a low of 3 degrees Celsius. Union Territory Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 5.5 degrees Celsius. In Haryana, Narnaul was the coldest place with a minimum of 2.5 degrees Celsius, while piercing cold also gripped Hisar, which witnessed at a low of 2.8 degrees Celsius. Rohtak's ...
Cold, foggy morning in Delhi
It was a cold and foggy morning in the national capital on Tuesday, with visibility dropping down to 50 metres. Low visibility disrupted flight operations at the Delhi airport here and departures were put on hold for two hours in the morning, officials said. "The minimum temperature was recorded at 8.30 am at 5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal," a Meteorological Department (Met) official said. The humidity level was recorded at 100 per cent. The weatherman has predicted shallow and moderate fog towards the evening as well. "Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 21 and 4 degrees Celsius," the official added. On Monday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 22 and 3.7 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Jammu records season's coldest day
Residents of Jammu woke up to a chilly morning Tuesday as the night temperature had plunged to 4.1 degrees Celsius the season's lowest so far. Earlier on December 17, the city of temples had recorded a low of 4.4 degrees Celsius. The upward trend in the mercury marked a dip on Monday when the night temperature settled at 5.3 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night's 6.7 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological department (Met) spokesperson said. The night temperature is on a decline across the Jammu region, with the minimum temperature in Banihal and Batote, along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, and Bhaderwah, in Doda district, slipping to sub-zero levels, he said. Banihal, the gateway to Kashmir, was the coldest recorded place in the region with a low of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, followed by Bhaderwah at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius and Batote at minus 2 degrees Celsius, the spokesman said. He said Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the famous cave shrine of Vaishno Devi ..
Cold wave intensifies in HP on Christmas as Manali reels at minus 3.2 deg C
The cove wave tightened its grip on Himchal Pradesh on Christmas, with the mercury plunging to minus 9.4 degrees Celsius in Keylong and popular tourist destination Manali reeling at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius from 5.30 pm on Monday to 8.30 am Tuesday. Kalpa, Solan, Bhuntar, Sundernagar and Seobagh also witnessed sub-zero temperatures during the period, Meteorological Centre, Shimla, Director Manmohan Singh said. Keylong, administrative centre of the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district, was the coldest place in the state, he said. The minimum temperature in Kalpa was recorded at minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, Seobagh at minus 1.7 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar at minus 1 degree Celsius, Sundernagar at minus 0.7 degree Celsius and Solan at minus 0.4 degree Celsius, Singh added. The minimum temperature in state capital Shimla was 1.7 degrees Celsius during the period. Similarly the minimum in Kufri remained at 0.8 degree Celsius and in Dalhousie, at 1.1 degrees Celsius, he said.
No snowfall in Kashmir on Christmas
Christmas celebrations in Kashmir are likely to miss the traditional snowfall this year as an unabated cold wave continues on Tuesday with the Met denying any possibility of rain or snow till New Year.
Cold wave conditions in Rajasthan
Cold wave conditions prevailed in some parts of Rajasthan despite a slight increase in night temperature, a MeT official said Monday. Cold conditions along with dense fog in Alwar and Sriganganagar districts reduced visibility, he added. Technical faults resulting from fog disrupted electricity supply in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts, power department officials said. As per the MeT department, Sriganganagar recorded a minimum of 2.7 degrees Celsius, followed by 5.2 degrees Celsius in Churu, 5.5 degrees Celsius in Bikaner, 7.2 degrees Celsius in Udaipur, 7.5 degrees Celsius in Jaisalmer, 7.6 degrees Celsius in Kota, 9 degrees Celsius in Ajmer, 10 degrees Celsius in Barmer, 10.01 degrees Celsius in Jaipur and 11.2 degrees Celsius in Jodhpur. The Maximum temperature was recorded in between 17.5 and 26 degrees Celsius at most of the places in the state, it said. The MeT department has predicted cold wave conditions and ground frost in some parts of the state, including Alwar, ...
Odisha 11 places record temperature below 10 deg C
Cold weather conditions tightened its grip over Odisha Monday as the temperature slid below 10 degree celsius in at least 11 places in the state. Phulbani was the coldest place in the state recording a minimum temperature of 6.5 degree celsius, while the mercury dipped to 7 degree celsius at the tourist destination of Daringibadi, also in Kandhamal district, the meteorological centre here said. Keonjhar recorded 7.2 degrees celsius, while the minimum temperature stood at 7.6 degree celsius at Angul, 8 degree at Sonepur, 9 degree at both Titlagarh and Sundargarh, 9.1 degree in Balasore, 9.5 degree in Sambalpur and Jharsuguda, it said. The mercury plummeted to 9.1 degree celsius in state capital Bhubaneswar, while neighbouring Cuttack recorded a minimum temperatuer of 10.4 degree celsius. Both Baripada and Balangir recorded 10 degree celsius, it said. Coastal areas of the state also recorded a sharp fall in the night temperature. The night temperature in most parts of the
Cold wave continues in north India; Srinagar records coldest night in 11 years
The cold wave sweeping large parts of north India continued unabated on Monday, with Srinagar witnessing its coldest night in 11 years at minus 6.8 degrees Celsius, resulting in partial freezing of the Dal Lake, and Amritsar reeling at 1.1 degrees Celsius. Delhiites woke up to a chilly Monday morning as the minimum temperature settled at 4.6 degrees Celsius. The fall in temperature is due to cold wave conditions prevailing over northwest India, the Meteorological Department (Met) said. The minimum temperature in the national capital was three notches below the season's average, while the maximum temperature was recorded at 21.2 degrees Celsius, it said. On Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 22 and 3.7 degrees Celsius respectively Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- recorded its coldest night in 11 years as the mercury plunged to minus 6.8 degrees Celsius on Monday, a Met official said. The cold wave resulted in freezing of some water ...
Thick fog engulfs Delhi, visibility drops to 200 mt
Owing to the prevalence of cold and dry northwesterly winds, the weather in the national capital will mostly be dry accompanied by dense fog. On Monday, the maximum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 22 Degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was 6 Degree Celsius."Cold weather combined with the availability of moisture will result in foggy conditions over Northwest India. This dense fog is likely to reduce visibility over Punjab, Haryana, North Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh resulting in difficulty for commuters in the morning and noon hours," stated Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency.Dense to very dense fog was observed at isolated places over Punjab and West Rajasthan and moderate fog at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh in the morning hours. Visibility in Amritsar and Ganganagar was 50 metres in the morning while in Delhi's Palam it was 200 meters.In Patiala, Ambala, Hissar, Bikaner, Bareilly and Delhi's Safdarjung the ...
Thick fog engulfs Delhi, visibility drops to 200 mt
Dense to very dense fog was observed at isolated places over Punjab and West Rajasthan and moderate fog at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh
Amritsar reels 1.1 degrees Celsius as cold wave grips Punjab, Haryana
Ongoing cold wave conditions sweeping Punjab and Haryana continued unabated on Monday, with Amritsar reeling at 1.1 degrees Celsius. Amritsar and Halwara recorded identical minimum temperatures as the minimum in both states settled below normal limits, a Meteorological (Met) Department official said here. A thick blanket of fog reduced visibility at several places in the two states, including Ludhiana, Patiala, Adampur, Amritsar, Halwara, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Ambala. Adampur recorded a minimum temperature of 1.6 degrees Celsius, while that in Bathinda was 3.2 degrees Celsius, the official said. Ludhiana experienced a drop in night temperature at 2.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Pathankot at 3 degrees Celsius, Gurdaspur at 3.8 degrees Celsius, Faridkot at 4 degrees Celsius and Patiala at 5 degrees Celsius, he said. In Haryana, Karnal was the coldest place at 3.4 degrees Celsius, while Ambala and Hisar recorded respective minimums of 3.8 degrees Celsius and 4.5 degrees ...
Srinagar records coldest night in 11 years, minimum plunges to minus 6.8 deg C
Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- recorded the coldest night in 11 years as the minimum temperature plunged to minus 6.8 degrees Celsius, resulting in partial freezing of the Dal Lake and water supply lines to residential areas on Monday. The all-time low recorded in the month of December in Srinagar is minus 12.8 degrees Celsius on December 13, 1934. "Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 6.8 degrees Celsius. This is the coldest recorded temperature in the city in almost 11 years. The city had registered a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius on December 31, 2007," an official of the MET department told PTI on Monday. The cold wave resulted in freezing of some water bodies, including the fringes of the famous Dal Lake here, and residential water supply pipes. The official said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley - in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5 degrees Celsius, while the nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 3.9 degrees Celsius on Sunday ...