At 1.1 Degrees Delhi Wakes Up To The Coldest New Year Morning In 15 Years, Due To A Severe Cold Wave
This is the lowest new year morning temperature in 15 years. The intense cold was also accompanied by a thick blanket of fog dropping the visibility to near zero. The minimum temperature is predicted to rise to 8 degrees Celsius by January 4-5 Light rain is also expected in the national capital under the influence of the western disturbance.
2021 is here and residents of Delhi woke up to a shivering morning with the temperature plummeting to a low of 1.1 degrees.
According to the IMD, this is the lowest new year morning temperature in 15 years. On January 8, 2006, the city had recorded a minimum of 0.2 degree Celsius.
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The lowest minimum temperature recorded in January last year was 2.4 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
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Delhi recorded a minimum of 3.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday. At 15.2 degrees Celsius, the city recorded the season's lowest maximum temperature on December 18.
The intense cold was also accompanied by a thick blanket of fog dropping the visibility to near zero.
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IMD in its daily bulletin issued on December 31 at 9.00 pm, said that cold wave to severe cold wave conditions is likely to persist in isolated places over Delhi during the next two days.
A fresh active Western Disturbance is likely to affect Western Himalayan Region and adjoining plains from January 3 onwards. It is likely to cause light/moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall over the Western Himalayan region during January 3 and 5.
Delhi also recorded eight cold wave days this December.
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Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, said "very dense" fog lowered visibility to "zero" metres at Safdarjung and Palam at 6 am.
According to the IMD, "very dense" fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres. In case of "dense" fog, visibility is between 51 and 200 metres, "moderate" 201 and 500 metres, and "shallow" 501 and 1,000 metres.
The minimum temperature is predicted to rise to 8 degrees Celsius by January 4-5.
Light rain is also expected in the national capital under the influence of the western disturbance from January 3 to January 5.
The western disturbance will lead to moderate snowfall in the western Himalayan region, the IMD said.
In the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave if the minimum temperature dips to 4 degrees Celsius. A severe cold wave is when the minimum is 2 degrees Celsius or less.
A cold wave is also declared when the minimum temperature is 10 degrees Celsius or below and is 4.5 notches less than normal.
A "severe" cold wave is when the minimum temperature dips to two degrees Celsius or the departure is more than 6.4 degrees.
The average minimum temperature in Delhi in December was the second-lowest in 15 years.
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