Winter season this year has something different in store for North India. After being unusually warmer in first half of January, weather took a different route during the second half with mercury plunging below normal.
The weather pattern of North India indicates that second half was colder than the first half of January, 2016.
Unlike the usual weather pattern during the latter half of January where both maximum and minimum temperatures start rising, cold weather instead tightened its grip over northern region as it dropped temperatures significantly across Delhi-NCR, Patiala, Chandigarh and Ambala.
Several parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh reeled under the cold day conditions for several consecutive days. When maximum temperature at a certain place in plains settle at 16°C or below, it is declared as cold day conditions.
According to Skymet Weather, the temperatures are expected to drop marginally during next few days. However, they will settle around normal average temperatures.
The table below shows the maximum temperatures of different cities in the plains of North India in °C during the second half of January in the last five years.
As mentioned in the table above, second half of January 2016 has been the coldest since 2011.
Winter chill remained out of sight in most parts of North India during first half of the month. States including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi-NCR recorded temperatures way above the normal levels where temperatures have not gone down below the 20-degree mark.
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