A comparatively warm day came as breather for people on Monday in most parts of North India, which had been reeling under intense cold wave for the last two weeks.
A comparatively warm day came as breather for people on Monday in most parts of North India, which had been reeling under intense cold wave for the last two weeks.
The national capital recorded its highest minimum for this time of the season in at least five years as the mercury touched 12.2 degrees on what was a relatively mild late December day.
The minimum today had risen five notches above the normal while the maximum, at 24.5 degrees, was up four notches from the average.
“Both the minimum and maximum temperatures recorded are highest at least in the last five years,-" said a senior met department official.
A western disturbance which was active over the region brought temporary respite to the people of Haryana and Punjab from the biting cold wave conditions today as the minimum temperatures rose slightly.
A met department official said that the western disturbance was active over North Pakistan and adjoining Jammu and Kashmir and the minimum temperatures had risen in the plains because of the weather system.
Chandigarh on Monday recorded a minimum temperature of 8.6 degrees Celsius, up three notches than normal.
In Haryana, Ambala registered a low of 8.3 degrees Celsius, up two notches from normal while Hisar’s low settled at 7.3 degrees Celsius, up by one notch.
Mercury also rose in Rajasthan. Due to the ongoing effects of western disturbance, temperature has further risen every where in Rajasthan by one to five degrees Celsius.
