At 2.4 Degrees, Delhi Experiences The Coldest Day This Winter
The national capital on Saturday witnessed the season's lowest temperature of 2.4 degree Celsius.According to IMD, the temperature was recorded at 6.10am Rajpath this morning. The cold wave and fog have also reduced the visibility to less than 150 metres.?
The national capital and adjoining regions have been under an intense cold spell since December 14. The IMD said that the cold wave and severe cold day conditions are likely to continue for a couple of days more.?
Earlier, on Friday Delhi braved another "severe cold day", recording a minimum of 4.2 degrees CelsiusThe city, which has been witnessing the longest December cold spell since 1997, recorded a high of 13.4 degrees Celsius on Friday, which was seven notches below normal.?
So far, Delhi has recorded 11 number of cold days, which has been highest in the last 22 years since 1997. In the wake of this, a severe cold alert has been issued across the national capital.The Meteorological Department on Thursday said the Delhi-NCR region is expected to record its second-coldest December since 1901."The mean maximum temperature for December was less than 20 degrees Celsius only in 1919, 1929, 1961 and 1997," an IMD official said.?
Till Friday, the city recorded a mean maximum temperature of 19.4 degrees. The mean maximum temperature for December was less than 20 degrees only in 1919, 1929, 1961 and 1997, an IMD official told PTI.
According to the Met department, the reason behind the cold wave is "due to persistence of cold northwesterly winds in lower levels over northwest India and other favourable meteorological conditions".Due to this "cold day to severe cold day conditions" are very likely over many pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh over the weekend, the weather office said.?
Rail, road and air traffic in and out of Delhi have also been severely affected by the dense fog for days now. Several trains and flights have been delayed by hours due to the weather.?
Kufri, Manali, Solan, Bhuntar, Sundernagar, and Kalpa shivered below sub-zero temperatures in Himachal Pradesh on Friday and Keylong recorded the lowest temperature in the state at minus 15 degrees Celsius. Rain and hailstorm have been predicted for several parts of north India, including Delhi, next week.?
According to Skymet Weather, relief is only expected around December 30, wherein an active Western Disturbance would affect Northwest India, bringing rains. The system would change the wind pattern, which would be conducive to restricting the fall in temperatures.
