Piercing cold wave across Himachal, J& K, Uttarakhand
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New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand reeled under the grip of a piercing cold wave with most places recording the minimum temperature below the freezing point on Sunday. Though the sun shone bright in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi, icy winds pushed the minimum temperature below the normal level.
New Delhi, Dec. 17: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand reeled under the grip of a piercing cold wave with most places recording the minimum temperature below the freezing point on Sunday.
Though the sun shone bright in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi, icy winds pushed the minimum temperature below the normal level.
While it was cold in the night and morning in Delhi, the mercury settled at 23.6 º C owing to a warm afternoon.
The city recorded a minimum of 7.8 º C.
In Rajasthan, Churu quivered at 1.6 º C and was the coldest place in the desert state, where the minimum temperature remained below 10 º C at most places.
At 2.7 º C, Bathinda recorded the lowest temperature in Punjab. Amritsar had a low of 3.3, Pathankot 3.6, Adampur 4, Ludhiana 5.2, Halwara 5.4, and Patiala 7.5 º C. Chandigarh recorded a minimum of 7 º C. Hisar recorded the lowest minimum ( 4 deg C) in Haryana. Temperatures dropped across Uttar Pradesh overnight with Muzaffarnagar recording 5.1 º C, the lowest in the state.
The weather was dry over the state and shallow fog occurred at isolated places.
The night temperature dipped by several degrees at most places in the Kashmir region owing to a dry weather.
Normal life came to a virtual standstill in Pahalgam where the mercury was recorded at minus 9.2 deg C. It was the coldest December night there in the last four years.
At piercing minus 13.4 º C, Kargil in the Ladakh region experienced the coldest night of this winter so far last night.
Srinagar — the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir — shuddered at minus 3.7 º C.
Intense cold conditions led to the freezing of water bodies and drinking water taps in parts of Himachal Pradesh.
Though the sun shone bright in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi, icy winds pushed the minimum temperature below normal level