Delhites woke up to another chilly morning as the minimum temperature in the national capital recorded at seven degrees. Cold wave maintained its grip across New Delhi, with Safdarjung recording a minimum temperature of 7.1 degree Celsius and 7.4 degree in Palam.
The temperature in Srinagar dipped to minus 5.6 degrees on Saturday night, the lowest recorded this winter so far, and a thin sheet of ice has formed on Dal Lake as the cold wave continued in Kashmir on Sunday.
Due to persistent unavailability of sunlight, a cold day to severe cold day was the state of the weather in some parts of Delhi, East Rajasthan, northwest Rajasthan, Haryana and in isolated pockets over Punjab with maximum temperatures over North India's plains ranging from 12-18 degrees Cel
The Ridge station recorded a minimum temperature of 9.1 degrees Celsius with a departure of 1.4 degrees from the normal temperature. Palam recorded the coldest morning with a minimum of 10.0 degrees Celsius, a departure of 3.0 degrees Celsius below the normal from yesterday.
The cold wave tightened its grip over Delhi-NCR with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.3 degrees on Thursday morning, as per India Meteorological Department data.
Kashmir Valley witnessed a bone-chilling first day of the year as the minimum temperature dropped several degrees below freezing point in many areas on Monday.
The 21st Convocation of Tezpur University will be held on December 31 to confer degrees and diplomas upon the candidates who have successfully completed their prescribed programmes.
Cold weather conditions along with moderate fog prevailed in many regions of the Delhi-NCR on Saturday. The minimum temperature recorded in the national capital was 10.7 degrees Celsius.
Dense fog continues to disrupt normal life in the valley as the minimum temperature was recorded at minus three degrees Celsius in Srinagar on Monday night.
A layer of dense fog was witnessed over the Delhi-NCR region on Tuesday morning, as the temperature dropped to almost 7 degrees in the national capital, according to the India Meteorological Department.