Delhi recorded the coldest morning of the season with temperature plunging to 6 degrees Celsius in comparison to Monday’s 6.2 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature, however, was recorded at 24 degrees Celsius.
On the other hand, Haryana’s Hisar recorded the lowest temperature at 5.6 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature recorded at the observatory at Lodhi Road was 6.3 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
The air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category. The maximum temperature was recorded at 24.8 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. The national capital has been witnessing below-normal temperatures during the last couple of days. On Saturday, the city recorded a low of 8.5 degrees Celsius. On Sunday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 8.3 degrees Celsius.
The forecast for the period between December 12 and 17 indicates that the minimum temperature will oscillate between 6 and 8 degrees Celsius. At 4 pm, Delhi’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 317.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, 401 and 450 ‘severe’ and above 450 ‘severe-plus’. On Monday, the humidity levels oscillated between 40 per cent and 100 per cent. The weather office has forecast clear skies for Tuesday with shallow fog in the morning.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 24 and 6 degrees Celsius, respectively. The air quality is likely to remain ‘very poor’ till Thursday.
Mumbai Warm
The minimum temperature in Mumbai is likely to hover around 25 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature might reach 29 degrees Celsius. The mercury level is expected to hover around 25 degrees Celsius throughout the day on Tuesday. According to predictions, the temperature in Mumbai is likely to reach 25 degrees Celsius today and 24 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and remain between 24 and 25 degrees Celsius till Sunday.
Kashmir Continues to Reel Under Sub-zero Temperatures
Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far as Kashmir continued to reel under cold wave-like conditions even as the mercury stayed several degrees below the freezing point across the valley last night, officials said on Monday.
Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius — down from the previous night’s minus 4.4 degrees Celsius, the officials said. They said last night was the coldest night of the season so far in the city. The city was also the coldest recorded place in Kashmir.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.7 degrees Celsius, while the famous resort of Gulmarg in Baramulla district recorded a low of minus 3.6 degrees Celsius, the same as on Friday night, they said. Qazigund recorded a low of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius, Kokernag town minus 2.4 degrees Celsius and Kupwara minus 4.0 degrees Celsius.
The meteorological office said the weather would remain generally cloudy but mainly dry till December 16. It also predicted a dip in the night temperature by a few degrees.
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