Cold breaks 50 year record in Srinagar, know when will the severe cold hit the entire North India including Delhi-NCR and UP.

According to the Meteorological Department, Srinagar had the coldest December night time in the final 5 a long time, when the temperature dropped to minus 8.5 levels Celsius.

On Sunday (December 22) morning, the temperature in Srinagar was recorded at minus 3.2 levels Celsius. The depth of the cold wave was so excessive that even the floor of Dal Lake froze.

With a minimal temperature of minus 8.5 levels Celsius, it was the coldest December night time in Srinagar since 1974, when the minimal temperature in the metropolis was recorded at minus 10.3 levels Celsius and the third coldest since 1891.

The lowest minimal temperature ever recorded in Srinagar in this month was minus 12.8 levels Celsius on 13 December 1934.

‘Chille Kalan’ will finish on January 31, 2025, however even after that, cold wave circumstances will persist in the valley. This is as a result of after the interval of 40 days, 20 days of Chille Khurd (small cold) and 10 days of Chille-Bachha (small cold) will begin.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has additionally canceled his upcoming packages in Jammu in view of the severe cold wave scenario in the valley.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a rain alert amid the severe cold in North India. It goes to rain in the subsequent few days in many states including Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Along with the rain, severe cold will additionally improve. The Meteorological Department has mentioned that together with rain, there’s additionally a chance of cold wave for the subsequent 5 to seven days.

Meanwhile, there was fog in Delhi on Sunday morning and the minimal temperature was recorded at 8 levels Celsius. In the photos obtained from the nationwide capital and its surrounding areas, individuals had been seen taking the assist of bonfires to flee the cold.

To escape the cold wave in the metropolis, many individuals additionally took shelter in shelter properties at night time. The air high quality index in Delhi additionally fell to ‘severe’ degree. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), AQI was recorded at 427 at 7 am on Sunday.

There was intense cold wave circumstances in some elements of Rajasthan, the place the minimal temperature was recorded at 4.5 levels Celsius in Karauli on Sunday.