New Delhi (NVI): Right from the Indo-Gangetic plains up to the central India, most parts witnessed further drop in the minimum temperature, according to the Met forecasters.
Narnaul in Haryana and Sikar in Rajasthan were the coldest cities in the plains where the minimum temperature was recorded at 3.0 degrees celsius, according to Skymet weather forecaster.
Apart from this, Ludhiana in Punjab recorded 3.5 degree celsius, Bhilwara and Churu in Rajasthan both recorded 4.2 degrees celsius.
Rewa in Madhya Pradesh recorded 4.5 degree celsius, Amritsar in Punjab and Hisar in Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 4.6 and 4.9 degree celsius respectively.
Raisen and Umaria in Madhya Pradesh Pradesh both shivered at 5.0 degrees celsius.
According to the Skymet weather, the weather activities have remained on the lower side in the Western Himalayas during the last few days as no active weather system has approached the northern hills after January 29
The first week of February too saw only light rain and snow.
By February 12, another western disturbance is likely to hit the northern hills and bring scattered rain and snow for Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature in the national capital today rose to 6.6 degrees celsius from 6.0 degrees celsius recorded yesterday.
The maximum temperature today is expected to be around 22.0 degrees celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Some isolated places like Odisha, Punjab, Haryana and northeast Rajasthan today witnessed Dense fog.
The weatherman has forecast that in East India there is no significant change in temperature for next 24 hours after that there will be a fall in temperature by 2 to 3 degrees, In West India the temprature is expected to rise by 2 to 4 degrees for next three days.
“No significant change is expected in minimum temperature for the rest of the country during next two to three days,” it added.
“The shallow to moderate fog is also expected over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Jharkhand during next 3 days,” it added.
The overall air quality in the national capital today is in “very poor” category.
According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 305 which falls in the “very poor” category.
