As the Western Disturbance has moved away, minimum temperatures across North India have dropped to its normal levels and are expected to maintain for the next couple of days without dropping significantly.
The Safdarjung Observatory in Delhi recorded 9.2°C as the minimum temperature on Wednesday morning, which is 1 degree above the normal average. The maximum however, settled at 19.3°C, which is 3 degrees below the normal average.
Ludhiana in Punjab saw the minimum settle 1 degree above the normal at 8.2°C. State capital Chandigarh recorded normal minimum of 6.8 degrees Celsius, while Amritsar saw the minimum drop to 1°C, which is 3 degrees below the normal average.
Up in the hills, Shimla recorded 2°C as the minimum, which is 2 degrees below monthly average. While in Nainital the minimum settle at its normal level of 3°C.
So we can say that the minimums haven’t dropped drastically and are recording close to normal or marginally below the monthly average.
Below normal maximums
However, the maximums which were supposed to rise after the skies cleared up are still below normal at many places, particularly in Haryana and Punjab.
In Haryana, Hisar saw the maximum settle at 19.7°C on Tuesday, which is 4 degrees below the average. Ambala recorded 18.3°C, again 4 degrees below normal. Narnaul recorded a drop of 6 degrees in the maximum temperature, which settled at 18°C. Karnal too recorded a maximum of 18°C, 5 degrees below the average.
Almost similar conditions were observed in Amritsar as the maximum settled at 18.2°C on Tuesday, which is 4 degrees below the normal average. In Chandigarh the maximum settled 3 degrees below the average at 19°C.
Delhi too has been recording below normal maximums for the last two days, despite the Western Disturbance clearing off. The city recorded 19.3°C as the maximum on Tuesday, which is 3 degrees below the average.
These conditions of normal minimums and below normal maximums will maintain for a couple of days more. And the cold that we are witnessing at the moment is not due to the drop in minimums but because of the dry cold northwesterlies coming from the hills. These cold winds from the hills where it has snowed is making the weather chiller in the plains of North India.
