Parts of North India on Friday continued to experience cold wave conditions, with the temperature dropping to 1.1 degrees Celsius in Delhi ...
Parts of North India on Friday continued to experience cold wave conditions, with the temperature dropping to 1.1 degrees Celsius in Delhi – the lowest in 15 years, reported PTI. On January 8, 2006, the Capital had registered a minimum temperature of 0.2 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department said the minimum temperature registered in January last year was 2.4 degrees Celsius.
IMD regional forecasting centre Kuldeep Srivastava told NDTV that “very dense” fog lowered visibility to “zero” metres at Safdarjung and Palam at 6 am. He added that the minimum temperature is expected to start rising from Saturday due to an “intense” western disturbance that will affect northwest India from January 2 to January 6. The minimum temperature may rise to 8 degrees Celsius between January 4 and January 5.
“The minimum temperature of 1.1 degrees Celsius is the coldest in 15 years. In 2006, the temperature dipped to 0.2 degrees celsius,” the weather department official said. “Cold wave conditions will persist today but the temperature will rise from tomorrow.”
The weather department’s bulletin on Friday also predicted cold day conditions and dense fog at isolated places in Delhi, Haryana, and Chandigarh. Light rain may also occur in the national Capital under the influence of...
