The national capital recorded the first severe cold day yesterday. Earlier, the first cold day of the season was recorded on 27th Dec 2024. The Palam observatory recorded a minimum of 8.6°C yesterday and the day maximum got arrested at just 13°C, over 7°C below the normal. The minimum temperature at this observatory has dipped further to 8.3°C today morning. Safdarjung observatory continues to be the record station representing Delhi which missed this event, as the minimum temperature was a shade above 10°C. Today, both the observatories at Palam and Safdarjung are likely to record cold day conditions.
A cold day is declared when the minimum temperature is less than 10°C and the maximum is at least 4.4°C below the normal. A severe cold day is when the maximum is at least 6.5°C below the normal. Today, both the stations are likely to register a day maximum of under 15°C and the minimum has already been recorded at below 10°C.
Dry and cold northwesterly winds have been blowing down the slopes of mountains and sweeping plains of North India, including Delhi. A western disturbance has arrived over the mountains and will increase the spread of weather activity over the next two days. Another western disturbance will follow in quick succession between the 04th and 06th Jan 2025. This weather system may leave some trail of activity in the northern plains also. Passage of these systems will lead to a rise in the minimum temperatures over the next few days. Even, the day temperatures may also have a rising tendency. As an offshoot of the increased weather activity around the weekend over the plains, Delhi also may find light rain on the 05th/06th Jan 2025.
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