New Delhi: Severe cold wave conditions were witnessed throughout the northern part of the country on Saturday, with a minimum temperature at Rajasthan’s Fatehpur (Sikar) and Churu fell below freezing.
The minimum temperature in Rajasthan was recorded at -3.3 ° C in Fatehpur from Sikar Regency, and in the neighboring Churan, it was -1.1 ° C, according to the Department of Meteorology.
The people at Jaipur woke up on the coldest morning this season so far when a minimum temperature is 4.9 ° C, almost four degrees below normal, recorded.
The Madhya Pradesh section, including Bhopal, also experienced a cold wave on Saturday because the cold wind came from the north.
The lowest minimum temperature of 4 ° C was recorded in Gwalior, data and in Chhatarpur Regency, said PK Saha, a meteorologist at the Bhopal IMD office.
Waves are the result of the wind derived from Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand who have witnessed the snow.
“At -6 and 2.3 ° C, Srinagar and Jammu record the coldest nights of this season so far on Saturday,” said an official department.
Pahalgam records -8.3 ° C and Gulmarg -8.5 as their minimum temperature.
Meanwhile, Drass Town of Ladakh was recorded -20.3 and Leh -15.3 as the lowest temperature that night, the official added.
Extreme cold conditions were witnessed throughout Uttarakhand on Saturday, with the meeting department who issued a yellow warning in the state until December 24.
On Friday, the lowest temperature was recorded at Ranichauri at -2.7 ° C.
In Mussoorie, the temperature was dipped 2 ° C at night.
According to the IMD, the minimum average temperature in Uttarakhand on Saturday is 3.8 ° C, 3 notches less than normal, while the average maximum temperature is 17.8 ° C, four notches below normal.
Fresh snow spells in the higher part of Himachal Pradesh have placed Manali, Shimla, Solan, Kinnaur, Lahaul-spiti, and Dalhousie under cold waves.
Water freezes in the pipe in a higher range of Chamba, Lahul-spiti, Kinnaur, and Shimla.
Cold wave of North Indian grips; Sikar Rajasthan, Churu under freezing
