Hot weather conditions persisted in Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday with maximum temperatures hovering above normal limits at most places.
The average minimum temperature was also the second highest at 23.51 degrees Celsius after the year 2010 (23.54 degrees Celsius) since 1901.
India recorded its warmest March in 122 years with a severe heatwave scorching large swathes of the country in the month
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions were observed in most parts of West Rajasthan, in many parts of Himachal Pradesh and in some parts of Haryana
IMD officials said a prolonged dry spell has led to "severe" hot weather conditions in northwest India.
Around 150 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed and six relief camps opened in various parts of the islands, officials said.
Weathermen said making any accurate prediction of how El Nino will behave and what impact it can have on the progress and distribution of rains is difficult to say at this point.
Several places in the valley, especially in south Kashmir, received fresh overnight snowfall, the officials said.
The relative humidity was 52 per cent at 5.30 pm
The minimum temperature settled at 6.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal
Heavy snowfall has partially cut off many villages in the hills making it almost impossible for candidates to reach them
Delhi saw the coldest January day in nine years on Tuesday, with the maximum temperature plunging 10 degrees below normal and settling at 12.1 degrees Celsius
The minimum temperature of the city was recorded at 8.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average
The weatherman has predicted a partly cloudy sky with shallow to moderate fog on Monday morning and cold day conditions at isolated places
2012-2021 warmest decade on record; 1,750 weather-related deaths last year
A bountiful monsoon had yielded 1,169.7 mm of rainfall in Delhi last year
Moderate fog is likely over the next few days
A total of 20 weather events occurring in the US in 2021 that were chronicled by the US National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) collectively cost the country at least $145 billion.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted foggy days through the week
An official of the MET department said moderate snowfall was reported from most areas in south and central Kashmir