Feel It! Delhi Is Colder Than Hill Stations. Stay Back And Plan A New Year Party Here
Delhiites usually head to the mountains to beat the summer heat. But with Delhi-NCR in the grip of its second harshest December in 119 years, they could well have gone to the hills to get respite from the cold! Strange as it may seem, many parts of Delhi have been colder than popular hill stations such as Shimla and Mussoorie in the past few days, both during the day and night. The maximum temperatures in both these hill towns over the weekend ha...Read More
Delhiites are finally living a dream of owning a house in Hill Stations. No, the government is not allotting free plots uphills. The mercury has dramatically dipped in the plains making it colder than Shimla and Mussoorie. Reports suggest that the winters are breaking records in the national capital and people around the fire and room heaters are making it pretty evident.
According to a TOI report. The temperature in Delhi-NCR dipped below 3 degrees Celcius. The maximum temperatures in Shimla and Mussoorie was above 14 degrees Celsius over the weekend. Meanwhile, Delhi registered a lower temperature than both the places.
Night temperatures in Delhi were around 2 degrees lower than the two hill towns on Saturday. On Sunday too, several stations matched Shimla¡¯s minimum of 2.8 degrees C while most others were colder than Mussoorie, said a TOI report.
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A thick cloud of fog has been reported from many parts of the northern plains.
This cloud cover has been preventing sunlight from reaching the ground, making days overcast and chilly. The cover partially lifted for a longer period on Sunday, which allowed faint sunshine in Delhi-NCR, pushing up day temperatures by a notch or two as compared to Saturday.
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¡°This fog/cloud cover has usually been only a few hundred metres above the ground. It¡¯s too low to cover hill stations located at altitudes of 1,600-2,000m. In addition, there has been no rain in the hill states in the past few days. Which means, even if there¡¯s morning fog in Shimla or Mussoorie, it¡¯s lifting during the day to allow sunlight to heat the land,¡± said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD¡¯s regional weather forecasting centre told TOI.
Day temperatures in Shimla and Mussoorie have been three to four degrees above normal over the weekend.
Another reason given for low temperature is icy northerly winds blowing relentlessly over the past fortnight, adding significantly to the chill in the region.
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¡°The wind direction is likely to change on Monday when warmer easterly winds are expected in the region. This will certainly impact the weather and push up maximum temperatures by a couple of degrees,¡± Srivastava told TOI.
¡°We had earlier forecast light rain in Delhi-NCR on New year eve. Now, rain is more likely on January 1 and 2,¡± he added.