North India's Winter Woes Continue As Srinagar, Delhi Record New Lowest Minimum Temperature

The winter season continues to trouble North India as New Delhi's minimum temperature dropped to 3.9 degrees and Srinagar's mercury dipped to minus 6.6 degrees Celsius. Read on.

Commuters seen at NH24 on a cold winter morning in New Delhi. (Photo via Getty Images)

New Delhi: The winter season continues to trouble North India as states recorded new lows in the mercury with people awaiting some respite from the icy cold temperature.  The national capital New Delhi's minimum temperature dropped to 3.9 degrees Celsius this morning. The mercury dipped to 3.3 degrees Celsius and 3.4 degrees Celsius at Lodhi Road and Ayanagar, respectively, as icy winds from snow-laden Western Himalayas continued to sweep the city, the India Meteorological Department said. On Friday, the minimum temperature had done down to 2.7 degrees Celsius at Jafarpur. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar also recorded the lowest temperature of the season on Friday night as mercury dipped to minus 6.6 degrees Celsius. It was also the second coldest December night in the past one decade. The mercury dipped to minus 6.6 degrees Celsius in Srinagar on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, said a meteorological department officer. Icicles and frozen waterfall were witnessed in Kashmir recently. "Lowest minimum temperatures in the last 10 years in the month of December were -7.7 °c on December 25, 2018, -6.6 °c on December 18, 2020, -6.5°c on Dec 21, 2016 and Dec 30, 2019 and -6.4 °c on December 17, 2020," said deputy director of Srinagar based meteorological department, Mukhtar Ahmad. While several parts of north India recorded sub-zero temperatures, the India Meteorological Department informed that the conditions will likely continue over the next week. Slight relief may be expected, however, only a week later. IMD stated that the night temperature will continue to be below normal over the next week.