The soaring mercury levels took a backseat when rain and snow lashed the northern hills leading the temperatures to fall across the northwest plains particularly in Delhi.
The minimums that settled at 15.5°C on March 10 in the national capital dropped further to 9°C on March 13 making the festival of Holi chilly and cold. Both the day and night temperatures were the lowest in last 12 years.
In fact, the day temperature also dropped significantly with settling at 29.4°C on March 10 to plummeting to 24°C on March 13.
This sudden drop in the temperatures was due to the clearance of the Western Disturbance that was affecting the Western Himalayas. On account of this weather system, the dry and cool northerly winds that were blowing from the snow-clad Himalayas led the night temperatures to plunge.
However, at present, the temperatures rose marginally and in the last 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded by Delhi was 10.5°C while the maximums too settled at 26.2°C.
In spite of this gradual rise in both the maximums and minimums, both the temperatures are settling way below normal. Taking into account the last 24 hours temperatures, the minimum is 3 degrees while the maximum is settling 5 degrees below the normal.
Now, Skymet Weather foresees the temperatures to scale up further in the next two to three days. However, still the minimums are expected to still stay below normal while the day temperatures may crawl back and reach the near normal levels. People in Delhi may still brace for cool mornings and nights to continue for at least another 5 days.
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