Ludhiana: The maximum temperature of the city is recorded at 12.2 ° C on Tuesday, the third time in the last 52 years where the temperature of the time of the day has been low on January 18.
A maximum temperature of 5.5 ° C is less than normal on the Tusday.
On the same day in 1999, the daily temperature was 11.5 ° C, the lowest in the last 52 years.
In 2016, it was 11.8 ° C on January 18, the second.
Even on Tuesday, the daily temperature in Ludhiana was cooler than Shimla and Dalhousie, where the maximum temperature was 13 ° C.
Observatory University Agricultural Punjab, used to record weather weather, was founded in 1970, or 52 years ago.
On Monday, the city temperature was 12.6 ° C.
Prabhjot Kaur Sidhu, Professor and Head of the Climate Change Department and Agricultural Meteorology in Pau, said, “In this type of weather, the days were cold while the night was not so cold .
Usually, the day temperature ranges from 16 ° C to 18 ° C.
On the other hand, the night temperature is a normal range of 4-5 ° C.
“Cloudy weather does not allow sunlight to reach the surface, produce intense cold waves, which are expected to be expected last until January 24.
Meanwhile, influenced by Western disorders, cloudy weather and lightweight rainfall expected in the city on January 23 and January 24.
This is due to low pressure activity that moves from Pakistan, Afghan region and affects the entire North India.
Salaria, an official from Ludhiana train station, said, “Many trains were postponed by three to four hours due to fog in isolated places.”