In capital Delhi, the maximum temperature was recorded at 19 degrees celsius, two degrees less than normal and the minimum was 6.3 degrees, one degree less than the usual.
Chilly winds swept large parts of Uttar Pradesh claiming 15 more lives.
Three persons each lost their lives in Mirzapur, Jhansi and Ballia followed by two in Varanasi and one each in Sant Kabirnagar, Chandauli, Azamgarh and Baghpat.
Met office sources here said that maximum temperatures were below normal by 6 to 13 degree Celsius in some parts of the state.
Night temperature fell in Moradabad, Bareilly and Meerut divisions. It was also below normal in Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Faizabad, Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra, Moradabad, Jhansi and Meerut divisions. Lowest minimum temperature in the state was 1.8 degree C recorded at Muzaffarnagar.
Sources forecast that weather would be mainly dry in the state and fog would occur in most parts.
The Met office said that visibility would be 200 metres or less in parts of the state.
Cold wave swept across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh with minimum temperatures plummeting upto three notches below normal while fog and mist continued to play havoc with normal life in most parts of the region.
The minimum temperature hovered between six degrees celsius above normal to three notches below normal in most parts of Punjab and Haryana with icy cold winds blowing across the region, the Met office said here. MORE
