(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) New Delhi: Snowfall and icy winds on the mountains have increased chills in North India. The cold wave continues in the northern parts of the country including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Punjab. People have been suffering from cold for the last few days and for the next few days, there is no hope of getting relief from the shivering cold. The cold condition in Delhi is such that mercury can fall by up to 3 ° C.
Delhi had a very cold day on Wednesday and Thursday and it is still freezing today.
Similar is the situation in many districts of UP, where Bareilly recorded a minimum temperature of 3.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday. Even today, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, and UP are cold. People are unable to get out of their houses. So let’s know the weather …
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Delhi today recorded a minimum temperature of 3 degrees. Delhi’s air has also reached the category of bad. Even in Delhi-NCR, people are facing the cold. In Ghaziabad, autorickshaw drivers were seen burning fire in many places. Autorickshaw drivers say that people are not traveling in auto due to cold and hence they have no work. The mercury once again went below the freezing point at Mount Abu, a tourist destination in Rajasthan. On Thursday, Mount Abu recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.0 degrees Celsius.
There is currently no respite from the shivering cold in the capital Delhi. On Thursday, the maximum temperature in the capital fell to 15.2 degrees Celsius, which is 7 degrees Celsius below normal. Due to the drop in temperature, icy winds continued throughout the day. According to the Meteorological Department, this was the fourth consecutive cold day. According to meteorologists, this week, people are not going to get relief from the havoc of cold.
According to meteorologists, due to icy winds on Thursday, people felt such cold as mercury is between 2 to 3 degrees Celsius.
On Thursday, the wind was blowing at a speed of 15 to 20 km in the capital. At present, the Delhiites will not get relief from the shivering cold until 21 December. According to Mahesh Palawat, Climate Change at Skymet Weather, and Vice-President at Meteorology, the cold will not be relieved until December 21. The snowfall in the mountains is the main reason for the cold winds in Delhi.
The temperature in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, was recorded at 5 degrees Celsius this morning. Due to snowfall in the mountains, the plains of UP are in the grip of cold wave. The worst of Bareilly and Meerut are due to the shivering cold. Even though the weather has cleared after a week in Bihar, people are not going to get relief from the cold. There was a severe cold on Thursday. The prick of icy winds coming from the northwest direction was also felt inside the houses. Along with cloud cover, icy winds coming from the north-western direction have increased Kanakni in many cities of the state including Patna, Gaya.
In Himachal Pradesh, the temperature in many areas including Manali went below zero. Cold has also increased considerably in Punjab. Cold wave continues in Punjab and Haryana. The mercury went below normal here on Thursday. Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 5.1 degrees Celsius. Today ie Friday is also a shivering cold. Minimum temperatures reached 2.2 ° C in Churu, Rajasthan, 3.1 ° C in Bikaner, 1 ° C in Mount Abu, 0.5 ° C in Sikar, 3.3 ° C in Bareilly. It was recorded at -11 ° C in Gulmarg.