According to Skymet Weather, Delhiites will continue to see pleasant days till January 30. Thereafter, minimum temperatures will start dropping, leading to chilly weather.
A fresh Western Disturbance has started affecting Jammu and Kashmir, which will give good amount of rain and snow over the hills of North India. After the passage of this system, cold and dry northwesterly winds will once again start blowing over the region leading to drop in night temperatures from January 31.
Skymet predicts minimum temperatures to remain below normal till February 4. However, days will be better and cold day conditions will not be witnessed. Sun will come up early in spite of falling night temperatures.
This winter season, weather remained warm across the globe and India was not an exception. Several factors such as climate change, global warming and the strongest El-Nino on record can be attributed to the unusual weather.
As per the statistics, India witnessed one drought on an average in a decade between 1900 and 2000. However between 2001 and 2015, the country have reported five droughts. Number of El-Nino years have also increased.
Till the first of half of January, winters were missing from entire Northwest India including Delhi. But there was a sudden change in the weather thereafter, with minimum temperature in Delhi plummeting to 4.2°C at Safdarjung Observatory. Some areas across the city also witnessed minimum temperatures even below than this. Subsequently, weather conditions reversed again from January 26.
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