There is no respite from the harsh cold in entire North India including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana. There has been a slight increase in the minimum temperature, yet the chill has not reduced. Cold day conditions prevailed in many places in the country.
Due to dense fog, some flights had to be canceled in many parts of the country and there were many delays. Train operations were also affected and 22 trains to and from Delhi were delayed. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), a cold day occurs when the minimum temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is 4.5 to 6.4 degrees Celsius below normal.
Private sector airline Indigo said that due to dense fog, its flight operations from Jaipur, Patna and Amritsar were affected. It had to cancel four flights and delay several more. Northern Railway said that trains coming to Delhi from different parts of the country were running late. These include August Kranti Rajdhani Express, Bangalore-Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express, Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani.
Pahalgam was the coldest
Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir was the coldest with a minimum temperature of minus 4.5 degrees Celsius. Minus 3 degree Celsius temperature was recorded in Srinagar. Fatehabad in Haryana and Gurdaspur in Punjab were the coldest. The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.3 degrees Celsius in Fatehabad and 4.5 degrees Celsius in Gurdaspur.
Relief expected after two days… According to IMD, cold day to severe cold day conditions are likely to continue in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for the next two days. During this period, there may be dense or very dense fog at some places in North-West and Eastern India. Minimum temperatures are likely to rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius over parts of central and eastern India during the next three days.
Dense fog in many cities including Punjab, Rajasthan
Due to dense fog, visibility remained very low at many places in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, East Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan. Visibility had dropped to 50 meters in Palam, Delhi. At the same time, 25 meters visibility was recorded in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, 50 meters each in Bahraich and Gorakhpur, 25 meters in Ambala in Haryana, 50 meters in Amritsar in Punjab, 25 meters in Sagar in East Madhya Pradesh. Visibility was 50 meters everywhere in Jaipur, Ajmer, Kota and Udaipur of Rajasthan.
severe winter in delhi
The harsh winter continues even in the country’s capital Delhi. Although the minimum temperature is not very low, the drop in maximum temperature and cold winds coming from the mountains have left the people of Delhi battered. The sun has not been visible for some days. The weather is likely to continue like this for now.