Ambala in Haryana is the latest entrant in the northwest plains to have recorded zero degree as the minimum temperature. Other places that are witnessing similar temperatures are Narnaul at 0.1 degrees and Bhiwani at 1.4 degrees. In Punjab, Bhatinda pushed Amritsar down to second place with a minimum temperature of 1.5 degrees on Sunday morning. Amritsar recorded 1.6 as the minimum temperature last night.
In Rajasthan, Churu remained the coldest place in the state with minimum falling to -0.5 degrees Celsius. The other place where night temperature remained below zero degrees is Mount Abu where it was -0.1 degrees. Capital Jaipur also witnessed the coldest night of the season on Sunday with a minimum of 4.5 degrees. This was also the coldest night in Jaipur since 2007.
Night temperatures in North India will rise marginally from tomorrow night as the Northerly winds will be taken over by the southeasterly winds from the Bay of Bengal.
A Western Disturbance which currently lies in Afghanistan and adjoining North Pakistan will bring some reprieve from the persisting weather condition in North India. The Weather system will reach Jammu & Kashmir possibly by tomorrow evening to turn skies in North India partly cloudy to cloudy.