Severe cold wave likely to grip Delhi these states till Jan 17 warns IMD full details rah mgb NewsPipa

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast cold wave to severe cold wave conditions on Sunday. Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi can be covered by 17 January. In its latest bulletin, the IMD said that till January 17, a severe cold wave is expected in many parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi.

The Meteorological Department has predicted a minimum temperature drop of around 2 degrees Celsius in several parts of northwest and central India by Tuesday and a gradual rise of 3 to 5 degrees Celsius between January 18 and 20 due to the western disturbance. of Cold to severe cold waves persisted over Punjab, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and parts of West Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. The season’s lowest temperature was recorded at minus 2.5 degrees Celsius at Churu near Rajasthan’s Thar desert, the IMD said on its website.

Fatehpur in Rajasthan’s Sikar district recorded the lowest temperature in the plains of northwest India at minus 4.7 degrees Celsius. Punjab’s Faridkot trembled at minus one degree Celsius. Severely cold day conditions were reported in parts of Himachal Pradesh and cold day conditions were observed in parts of Haryana and Rajasthan.

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Data available on the IMD website showed that the Ajwa Automatic Weather Station (AWS) in southwest Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.1 degree Celsius. However, a senior IMD official said it is not working.

According to IMD data, Delhi reported a cold wave from January 5 to January 9, the second longest in a month in a decade.