The state of Uttar Pradesh as well as its neighbouring region of Bihar have been witnessing wintry conditions for the past few days. In fact, the minimum temperatures in these areas have dropped to single digit with some areas even seeing the mercury dropping below the 5-degree mark.
The month of December had been completely dry and since the past four days of the year as well, rains remained in hiding. Thus, the prolonged dry spell has resulted in the extension of the winter chill over the region.
Persistent fog cover has resulted in cold day conditions thus the rise in maximums has also not been observed over the region. In fact, today, cities including Agra, Allahabad, Varanasi witnessed nil visibility. Meanwhile, Gaya and Lucknow recorded 50 metres visibility with Patna and Gorakhpur seeing the visibility drop to 150 metres.
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Along with this, the presence of the northwesterly winds is not allowing the minimums to rise. In fact, the minimums dropped way more today as compared to yesterday. Some cities even saw the minimum temperature drop beyond the 3-degree mark.
Let us take a look at the minimum temperature recorded today and the departure from yesterday’s minimum:
The minimum temperatures mentioned above have been the lowest of the season so far. As per weathermen at Skymet Weather, these weather conditions will continue to be the same and minimums will remain on the lower side. In fact, as winds will pick up pace, fog will thin down a little which will further intensify the winter chill.
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