Cold condition continues but minimum temp remains above normal

Cold weather conditions continued to prevail in north Indian states but minimum temperatures remained above normal levels, as they witnessed prevalence of dense to moderate fog.

A blanket of haze enveloped the national capital and both the maximum and minimum temperatures rose by up to four notches. The maximum temperature settled at 25.2 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 12 degrees Celsius, a Met department official in the city said.

Yesterday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were at 21.4 and 9.6 degrees Celsius respectively.

At 7.4 degrees Celsius, Kanpur was the coldest place in Uttar Pradesh, as parts of the state experienced dense fog.
 

Cold conditions continued to prevail in Punjab and Haryana also, even as minimum temperatures stayed few notches above normal in most parts of the states.

Fog enveloped several parts of the two states, causing inconvenience to the commuters. Some places including Ambala, Karnal, Ludhiana and Patiala were engulfed in dense fog and visibility reduced to less than 50 meters, said an official of the MeT department in Chandigarh.

Bathinda in Punjab was the coldest place at 5.6 degrees Celsius, the official said.

Among other places in Punjab, the minimum temperatures in Amritsar and Patiala were 7.9 and 10.8 degrees Celsius respectively, up to four notches above normal.

Adampur, Ludhiana, Halwara, Gurdaspur and Pathankot braved cold weather at 6.4, 7.5, 7.8, 9.6 and 10.2 degrees Celsius respectively.

In neighbouring Haryana, Ambala recorded its minimum at 11.6 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal while the minimum for Hisar and Karnal were 7.7 and 10.5 degrees Celsius respectively, up to three notches above normal.

Narnaul, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Sirsa experienced cold conditions at 10, 10.2, 8 and 8.3 degrees Celsius respectably, up to four notches above their normal levels.

Union territory of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, witnessed minimum at 10.8 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal.

Moderate to dense fog occurred at isolated places in the northern parts of Rajasthan where Sriganganagar was the coldest place with a minimum temperature of 7.2 degrees Celsius.

Pilani and Dabok recorded their minimum temperatures of 8.8 degrees Celsius while Churu, Bikaner, Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota and Jodhpur registered night temperatures of 7.6 degrees Celsius, 10.5 degrees Celsius, 10.7 degrees Celsius, 10.8 degrees Celsius, 13.4 degrees Celsius and 15.2 degrees Celsius respectively, according to the Meteorological Department.

The night temperatures would fall by a few degrees during the next 24 hours, the MeT said.

The maximum temperatures wereabove normal over West Madhya Pradesh and normal over rest of theRegion while minimum temperatureswere normal over Vidarbha,Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.