Weather in North India shows a declining trend in night temperatures throughout. Right across the hilly areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and trickling down to cover the northern plains, the minimum temperatures have been witnessing a drop. The lower hills have recorded sub-zero temperatures with Srinagar at -1.8ºC and Pahalgam at -3.8ºC.
After witnessing a rise in temperatures for the first half of the week, Delhi showed a fall in night temperatures for the third successive day from 12.5ºC on the 27th to record 10.5ºC today morning. However, day temperatures continue to be 3 degrees above normal at around 28ºC.
Weather in South India after Cyclone Lehar
The threat posed by Cyclone Lehar, which once sustained wind speeds of more than 150 kmph, is finally over as it made landfall as a deep depression near Machlipatnam and now lies as a weak low level cyclonic circulation over Telangana. In the past 24 hours parts of Andhra Pradesh and coastal Odisha received light rain with Machilipatnam recording the highest at 13 mm. This system will become insignificant in the next 24 hours in terms of rain and cloud cover. The weather in entire peninsular India is coming back to normal now. Day temperature in Hyderabad is back to normal and the maximums in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh is in the range of 30 to 32ºC while minimums are hovering around 22ºC.
There is no significant change in the weather conditions of central India with near normal day and night temperatures. Coastal parts will however, remain fairly hot and humid with maximums between 34 to 36ºC.
