16 December Weather Update: The cold is growing with every passing day. Northern states like Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi remained in the grip of cold wave on Monday. While the temperature was recorded under zero in Jammu and Kashmir, the mercury dropped under 10 degrees Celsius in some elements of the jap state of Odisha. Severe cold wave continued in Kashmir and the minimal temperature remained a number of degrees under zero.
The coldest place in the valley was Konibal, situated on the outskirts of Pampore city, the place the minimal temperature was recorded at minus 6 degrees Celsius. The temperature in Pahalgam, the bottom camp of the annual Amarnath Yatra, was recorded at minus 5 degrees Celsius, whereas it was minus 3.4 degrees Celsius in Srinagar metropolis and minus 4 degrees Celsius in Gulmarg. The Meteorological Department has predicted primarily dry climate in the Union Territory until December 26 and light-weight snowfall in the upper reaches of the valley on the evening of December 21-22.
Punjab and Haryana in the grip of cold
Punjab and Haryana are additionally in the grip of extreme cold. The minimal temperature was recorded at 0.6 degrees Celsius in Faridkot and Hisar. The temperature in Chandigarh, the widespread capital of Punjab and Haryana states, was recorded at 26.1 degrees Celsius on Monday, which is three degrees greater than the conventional restrict. Ludhiana and Patiala had been additionally in the grip of extreme cold and the minimal temperatures there have been recorded at 3.6 degrees and 5.3 degrees Celsius respectively. Gurdaspur and Bathinda additionally had a cold evening and the temperatures there have been recorded at 3 degrees and three.2 degrees Celsius respectively.
Where, what temperature?
The minimal temperature in Gurugram, Haryana was recorded at 5.3 degrees whereas the minimal temperature in Rohtak was recorded at 4.2 degrees Celsius. Cold wave circumstances had been additionally witnessed in the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh because the climate division issued an ‘orange’ alert of extreme cold at remoted locations in the decrease hills and plains of Una, Bilaspur and Hamirpur. Tabo in the tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti was the coldest at evening, the place the minimal temperature was recorded at minus 10.6 degrees Celsius. State capital Shimla was the most popular evening for the second consecutive evening, the place the minimal temperature was recorded at 10.9 degrees Celsius, which was 5.2 degrees Celsius above regular.
Mercury reaches 1.5 in Churu, Rajasthan
The most temperature in the ‘Queen of Hills’ was 21 degrees Celsius, which is the second highest temperature for the month of December after 2017 when the utmost temperature was 21.3 degrees Celsius. Kufri and Narkanda recorded minimal temperatures of 10.5 degrees Celsius and eight.3 degrees Celsius respectively, whereas Una recorded minus 0.7 degrees Celsius. Many elements of Rajasthan are experiencing extreme cold, the place Fatehpur in Sikar district recorded a minimal temperature of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius. The minimal temperature in Churu was recorded at 1.5 degrees, whereas it was 2.2 degrees in Alwar, 2.5 degrees in Sikar, 2.7 degrees in Sangaria and Pilani, 3.7 degrees in Bhilwara and Chittorgarh, 4.9 degrees in Sirohi and 5.0 degrees Celsius in Ganganagar.
skinny layer of frozen ice
The division has predicted that there can be no respite from the extreme cold throughout the subsequent 24 hours. The jap state of Odisha witnessed extreme cold with 15 locations recording temperatures under 10 degrees Celsius, with Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district being the coldest in the state at one diploma Celsius. Steel metropolis Rourkela in the plains recorded a minimal temperature of 5.7 degrees Celsius. Meteorological Department sources stated {that a} skinny layer of snow has been reported at numerous locations in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and (*10*) districts.
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