Temperature rises in North India 

at 12:01 pm

New Delhi (NVI): Temperatures are steadily on a rise in many cities in the north even as the weatherman has predicted isolated rainfall in the coming week.

Churu in Rajasthan is the coldest city in the plains where the minimum temperature was recorded at 5.8 degrees  Celsius, according to Skymet weather.

Amritsar in Punjab and Betul in Madhya Pradesh recorded minimum temperature at 6.8 and 7.2 degrees Celsius.

Ludhiana in Punjab and Rewa in Madhya Pradesh recorded minimum temperature at 7.9 and 8.0 degrees Celsius.

Ambala in Haryana recorded a minimum temperature of 8.9 degrees Celsius.

Haryana’s Hisar and Narnaul and Raisen in Madhya Pradesh  recorded a minimum temperature at 9.0 degree celcius.

Delhi and NCR region also saw a slight decrease in minimum temperature to 11.5 degrees Celsius from 13.7 degrees Celsius recorded yesterday.

The maximum temperature today is expected to be around 26 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The overall air quality in the national capital today is in “moderate” category.

According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 131 which falls in the “moderate” category.

The IMD said that some isolated rainfall is expected in North India during next four days.

The weatherman has forecast that in Central and East India there will be no significant change in temperature during next three days. In Northwest India there will be a fall in temperature by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius during next 48 hours.

“In West India there will be a no significant change in temperature during next 24 hours,”  weatherman said.

“No significant change temperature is expected in rest of the country,” it added.