The minimum temperature in Delhi today has dropped to 10 degrees Celsius.
New Delhi:
As the minimum temperature in Delhi dropped to 10 degrees Celsius today, the lowest for the season so far, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said it would declare a cold snap in the city if the situation persists another day.
The meteorological department also said November this year is expected to be the coldest in four to five years.
The trend towards a lower than normal minimum temperature continues. A similar situation is expected to prevail for another four to five days, said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD’s regional forecasting center.
For the plains, IMD declares a cold snap when the minimum temperature is 10 degrees Celsius or less and 4.5 notches cooler than normal for two consecutive days.
The criteria for today are met. We will declare a cold snap in Delhi if the situation persists on Wednesday, Srivastava said.
He said November of this year is expected to be the coldest in four to five years.
Normally, the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, registers a low of 14.8 degrees Celsius in the first week of November.
The mercury drops to 11-12 degrees Celsius in the last week of November, according to IMD officials.
The senior scientist at IMD said the minimum temperature is expected to be recorded in single digits within the next three to four days.
Delhi has witnessed a trend of low minimum temperatures due to the lack of cloud cover, he said.
Clouds pick up some of the outgoing infrared radiation and project it downward, warming the ground.
Also, there has been snowfall in the heights of Himachal Pradesh for the past three to four days, so the cold winds from that region have started to affect the Delhi weather, he said. he declares.
On Monday, the city recorded a minimum temperature of 10.8 degrees Celsius.
October was the coldest month in 58 years in the nation’s capital, according to IMD.
The average minimum temperature in October this year was 17.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest since 1962, when it was 16.9 degrees Celsius, he said.
Normally Delhi records an average minimum temperature of 19.1 degrees Celsius in October.
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