New Delhi (NVI): Heavy snowfall in the hilly states of North India has led to drop in minimum temperature in central, northern and some eastern parts of the country.
Karnal in Haryana was the coldest city in the plains where the minimum temperature was recorded at 4.0 degrees celsius, according to Skymet weather.
In Haryana’s Hisar and Narnaul, the minimum temperature was recorded at 4.2 degrees celsius.
Apart from this, Fursatganj in Uttar Pradesh, Rohtak in Haryana, Ludhiana in Punjab and Ambala in Haryana has recorded minimum temperature at 4.6, 4.8, 4.9 and 5.0 degree celsius respectively.
Patiala in Punjab and Umaria in Madhya Pradesh both recorded temperature at 5.4 degrees celsius.
Apart from this, Amritsar in Punjab recorded minimum temperature at 5.6 degree celsius.
The weatherman has forecast that cold and dry northwesterly winds will prevail, due to which there will be a similar decrease in day and night temperatures in many areas of the country.
Meanwhile, in Delhi and NCR region, the minimum temperature dropped to 5.9 degrees from 6.0 degrees celsius recorded yesterday.
The maximum temperature today is expected to be around 23.0 degrees celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD said that some isolated parts of Jharkhand and Odisha will also witness cold wave conditions during nect 24 hours.
The weatherman has forecast that in northwest India
there will be a fall in temperature by 2 to 3 degrees celsius during next three days, in West India the temprature is expected to rise by 2 to 4 degrees for next three to four days.
“No significant change is expected in minimum temperature over east India during next two days,” it added.
“The shallow to moderate fog is also expected over northwest, central, east and northeast India during next 24 hours,” 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 327 which falls in the “very poor” category.
