Residents of the national capital had a taste of harsh winter with the minimum temperature plummeting to 4.8 deg C, three degrees below normal at this time of season.
Though the sun shone bright through the day, there was chill in the air today even as the maximum temperature rose to 20.4 deg C from yesterday's 18.4 deg C, which was one degree below normal.
Cold wave continued to mar normal life in Uttar Pradesh as two persons lost their lives in Barabanki district.
The death toll in UP due to the harsh weather touched 267 this season.
The night temperature fell in Varanasi division. It was markedly below normal in Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Kanpur, Agra division and normal in the remaining divisions.
Lowest temperature in the state was recorded in Agra 2.9 (-5) deg C.
The biting cold wave conditions remained unabated in Himachal Pradesh as temperature in some parts of the state dipped below minus 20 degree Celsius.
The high altitude tribal areas, covered under 150 to 180 cm thick blanked of snow, shivered under arctic conditions with minimum temperatures staying between minus 18 and minus 28 deg C, paralysing normal life.
Tribal areas reeled under bone chilling cold with Keylong recording a low of minus 17 deg C.
Kashmir Valley also continued to shiver as minimum temperatures plummeted several degrees below the freezing point.
Most of the water bodies across the Valley, including the famous Dal Lake, were partially frozen due to the drop in temperature. MORE
