Page 4 - Cold Wave

People struggle for warmth as unrelenting cold wave sweeps Delhi and UP

The night shelters in Delhi are aimed at providing a refuge to homeless people, who live on the streets and have nowhere else to go in the cold

Delhi's peak winter power demand hits all-time high amid cold spell

The cold spell underway in Delhi pushed the national capital's peak winter power demand to an all-time high of 5,559 MW on Friday, discom officials said. According to real-time data from the State Load Dispatch Centre, Delhi's peak winter power demand clocked 5,559 MW at 11.05 am. The officials said the previous highest peak demand witnessed in Delhi during the winter was 5,526 MW on January 6, 2023. A BSES spokesperson said BRPL (BSES Rajdhani Power Limited) and BYPL (BSES Yamuna Power Limited) successfully met peak power demand of 2,379 MW and 1,136 MW, respectively, in their areas. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), which supplies power in North Delhi, met a peak power demand of 1,735 MW, a company spokesperson said. Parts of Delhi witnessed very dense to dense fog early on Friday while the minimum temperature settled at 9.4 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said. Officials said an orange alert has been issued for Delhi for the day with shallow t

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Rajasthan's Sikar coldest in north India at 1 degrees Celsius: Top 10 list

Cold wave in north India: Haryana's Hisar and Amritsar in Punjab followed the lead and as many as five cities shivered around minimum temperatures hovering at 5 degrees Celsius or below

Beijing records longest cold wave since 1951; snowfall, temperature ease

China's Beijing recorded the longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the freezing temperature and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease

Number of heat wave events on rise in India, cold waves less common: Study

Researchers used daily maximum temperature and minimum temperature data from 1970 to 2019 to investigate the trend in the frequency of occurrence of days with anomalously high and low temperatures

Severe cold wave conditions return in HP, 'yellow' warning issued

Severe cold wave conditions returned in the mid and higher hills of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday as icy winds swept through the region, causing a sharp fall in day temperatures. The local meteorological department has issued a yellow warning of heavy rain or snowfall at isolated places in the mid and high hills of Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla and Lahul and Spiti districts on Wednesday, and thunderstorm and lightning in the low and middle hills on March 2 and 4. The department also cautioned to take adequate drainage measurers to avoid water stagnation in the fields. It asked people to take measures to protect saplings and standing crops. Light snow was witnessed in a few parts. Kalpa received 1.5 cm of snowfall, followed by Keylong and Kukumseri with 0.5 cm each while traces were reported in a few parts of the upper Shimla region. The maximum day temperatures plummeted, and Chamba and Dalhousie recorded a high of 17.1 degrees Celsius and 8.5 degrees Celsius, down by eight an

Normal rainfall in northwest India in Feb, cold wave days less likely: IMD

Northwest India is expected to witness "normal rainfall" in February while coldwave days in the region are less likely, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday. Normal to below normal minimum temperatures are likely over most parts of the country except northeast and adjoining east India, the weather office said. Below-normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of peninsular India during February, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director-General M Mohapatra said. "The 2023 February rainfall averaged over northwest India is most likely to be normal (89-112 per cent of LPA). The long-period average (LPA) of rainfall over northwest India during February, based on the data of 1971-2020, is about 65.0 mm. Meanwhile, days with coldwave conditions are expected to be less. "Monthly rainfall over the country as a whole during February 2023 is most likely to be normal (82-119 per cent of LPA)," Mohapatra said during a press conference. The long-period average

Cold weather prevails in Punjab, Haryana with min temp of 5.3 degrees C

Cold weather conditions prevailed in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Monday, with Rupnagar reeling at a low of 5.3 degrees Celsius. While Rupnagar was the coldest place in Punjab, among other places in the state, Patiala also experienced a cold night at 6.8 deg C. Ludhiana's minimum temperature was at 8.2 deg C, according to the Meteorological Department's weather report. Amritsar recorded a low of 7.6 deg C, Pathankot's minimum temperature was recorded at 7.3 deg C while Bathinda also experienced a cold night at 6.6 deg C. In Haryana, biting cold prevailed in Jhajjar, which recorded a low of 5.3 deg C. Ambala registered a low of 7.6 deg C while Kurukshetra recorded a low of 7.7 deg C. Karnal recorded a low of 7 deg C. Bhiwani and Sirsa recorded respective minimum temperatures of 8.7 deg C and 9 deg C, respectively. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 6.7 deg C.

No respite from cold in Punjab, Haryana; Narnaul records 2.2 degrees C

According to the Meteorological Department, Hisar registered a low of 7.2 degrees Celsius while Rohtak's minimum settled at 7.4 degrees Celsius

Cold wave: Several flights, trains delayed due to low visibility in Delhi

The IMD has said that two western disturbances in quick succession are likely to affect northwest India on January 18 and 20, abating cold wave

Delhi records eighth cold wave day in Jan; most in 1 month in past 12 yrs

Delhi logged its eighth cold wave day in January on Wednesday, the most in the month in at least 12 years, according to data available on the India Meteorological Department website. The Sadarjung observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, recorded a minimum temperature of 2.6 degrees Celsius. It was 2.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and 1.4 degrees on Monday. Delhi saw seven cold wave days in January 2020, while it did not record any such day last year. The city recorded an intense coldwave spell from January 5 to 9, the second longest in the month in a decade, according to IMD data. It has also logged over 50 hours of dense fog this month so far, the most since 2019. The Met office said coldwave conditions would abate from Thursday-Friday under the influence of two western disturbances that are likely to affect the region in quick succession. When a western disturbance -- a weather system characterised by warm moist winds from the Middle East -- approaches a region, the wind ..

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Cold wave conditions prevail in Delhi, minimum temp recorded at 2.4 Deg C

At least 15 trains were delayed by one hour to eight hours due to foggy weather, a spokesperson of the Northern Railways said

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Northwest India in grip of intense cold; relief likely from January 19

With the frigid northwesterly winds from the Himalayas setting in over the plains, it is likely to get even colder in the region in the next two days

Udaipur, Bikaner schools close till Jan 18 as mercury drops in Rajasthan

The IMD has predicted a return of cold wave conditions in several states like Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh till January 19, 2023

Cold wave sweeps Delhi; minimum temperature plunges to 1.4 degrees Celsius

A punishing cold wave swept Delhi on Monday morning with the minimum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory, the city's base station, plunging to 1.4 degrees Celsius, the lowest in January 2023

Severe cold wave conditions likely to grip parts of N India for next 3 days

As per the India Meteorological Department, the mercury will continue to settle at 3 degrees Celcius, today and tomorrow in Delhi-NCR

Cold northeasterly winds blow towards northern plains, temp dip expected

Temperatures in Delhi-NCR are likely to dip from Sunday, the India Meteorological Department has predicted, as cold northeasterly winds from the snow-covered mountains have already started blowing towards the plains. The western disturbance, which had brought reprieve from a cold spell in large swathes of north and northwest India, has begun to retreat, it said. Large parts of north and northwest India recorded below-normal maximum and minimum temperatures on most days this month before the western disturbance brought relief, an IMD official said. This was due to a layer of dense fog persisting over the Indo-Gangetic plains for the past 10 to 11 days and a large gap between two western disturbances that allowed frosty winds from snow-clad mountains to blow in for a longer-than-usual period, he added. The weather office had earlier predicted the temperatures to plummet in Delhi-NCR next week, forecasting the minimum temperature to settle around 3 degrees Celsius. On Saturday, the .