3rd consecutive cold day in Delhi max temp six notches below normal
New Delhi Jan 26 PTI Delhi experienced a cold day on Wednesday but it was not as chilly as the day before according to the India Meteorological DepartmentThe night temperature dipped to 58 degrees Celsius three notches below normal as cold northwesterly winds swept the northern plains The citys maximum temperature peaked at 164 degrees Celsius six notches below the normalPalam Narela and Jafarpur recorded a severe cold day — their maximum temperature was at least 65 degrees below the normalIt was also the third consecutive cold day in the national capitalDelhi had seen the coldest January day in nine years on Tuesday with the maximum temperature plunging 10 notches below the normal and settling at 121 degrees CelsiusBefore this January 3 2013 had experienced a maximum temperature of 98 degrees Celsius according to India Meteorological Department IMD dataThe cold was so intense that all weather stations in Delhi recorded their maximum temperatures 10 degrees to 11 degrees Celsius below normalAccording to IMD a cold day is when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is at least 45 degrees Celsius below the normalA severe cold day is when the maximum temperature is at least 65 notches below the normalAccording to IMD data Delhi has recorded seven cold days in January so far the highest in the month in at least a decadeSenior IMD scientist R K Jenamani said Delhi has recorded a maximum temperature of less than 17 degrees Celsius on 12 days this month the highest since 2003 which had seen 18 such daysThe maximum temperatures have been lower than normal since the second week of January Minimum temperatures have been close to or above normalThis is largely due to fog and low clouds preventing long exposure to the sunThere have been seven western disturbances in Delhi this January as against a normal of three to four in the monthRains due to the western disturbances increased moisture in the air which led to foggy conditions amid low temperatures on most of the days PTI GVS NSD NSD NSD
New Delhi Jan 26 PTI Delhi experienced a cold day on Wednesday but it was not as chilly as the day before according to the India Meteorological DepartmentThe night temperature dipped to 58 degrees Celsius three notches below normal as cold northwesterly winds swept the northern plains The citys maximum temperature peaked at 164 degrees Celsius six notches below the normalPalam Narela and Jafarpur recorded a severe cold day — their maximum temperature was at least 65 degrees below the normalIt was also the third consecutive cold day in the national capitalDelhi had seen the coldest January day in nine years on Tuesday with the maximum temperature plunging 10 notches below the normal and settling at 121 degrees CelsiusBefore this January 3 2013 had experienced a maximum temperature of 98 degrees Celsius according to India Meteorological Department IMD dataThe cold was so intense that all weather stations in Delhi recorded their maximum temperatures 10 degrees to 11 degrees Celsius below normalAccording to IMD a cold day is when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is at least 45 degrees Celsius below the normalA severe cold day is when the maximum temperature is at least 65 notches below the normalAccording to IMD data Delhi has recorded seven cold days in January so far the highest in the month in at least a decadeSenior IMD scientist R K Jenamani said Delhi has recorded a maximum temperature of less than 17 degrees Celsius on 12 days this month the highest since 2003 which had seen 18 such daysThe maximum temperatures have been lower than normal since the second week of January Minimum temperatures have been close to or above normalThis is largely due to fog and low clouds preventing long exposure to the sunThere have been seven western disturbances in Delhi this January as against a normal of three to four in the monthRains due to the western disturbances increased moisture in the air which led to foggy conditions amid low temperatures on most of the days PTI GVS NSD NSD NSD
