New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Residents of Delhi, bracing icy cold winds for most of the last week, started the week on a cold note with the mercury dipping to nearly three degrees Celsius Monday. Met officials say the cold wave will continue for next couple of days.
The minimum temperature in the national capital plunged to 3.4 degrees Celsius, lowest for the month of February in nearly a decade. But a clear sky and sunny day, pushing the day temperature up, gave some respite to the residents, particularly the elderly.
The minimum temperatures across the northern plains were below the normal. Chandigarh and Lucknow recording five and four degrees respectively.
According to the Met Office, the prevailing cold spell in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and other regions of the northern plains would continue for the next couple of days till Tuesday.
Fog and frost is likely over parts Punjab, Haryana, eastern Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh during the next two-three nights till Wednesday, the weather office forecast.
The lowest minimum temperature in the plains was -1.6 degrees Celsius, recorded at Adampur in Punjab.
It continued to rain in many parts of eastern India, and the Met Office forecast more rain and cold for the region.
The following are the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Monday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
Delhi 19.8 (-3) 3.4 (-6) Nil
Mumbai 29.0 (-2) 13.4 (-4) Nil
Chennai 31.1 (+1) 25.0 (+4) Nil
Kolkata 24.9 (-4) 15.2 (-1) Nil
Ahmedabad 24.2 (-7) 8.1 (-7) Nil
Bangalore 29.6 (0) 20.6 (+4) 10.0
Bhopal 21.7 (-5) 5.5 (-7) Nil
Bhubaneswar 23.9 (-8) 19.1 (+1) Nil
Chandigarh 19.0 (+4) 5.0 (-4) Nil
Dehradun 20.3 (-1) 5.6 (-2) Nil
Panaji 29.0 (-2) 19.0 (-2) Nil
Guwahati 25.6 (0) 8.6 (-2) Nil
Hyderabad 29.9 (+2) 22.4 (+6) 2.2
Jaipur 20.6 (-4) 3.6 (-6) Nil
Lucknow 20.8 (-5) 4.5 (-4) Nil
Nagpur 28.0 (-4) 11.3 (-4) Nil
Patna 21.8 (-4) 9.5 (-6) Nil
Pune 28.9 (-3) 11.4 (0) Nil
Srinagar 6.3 (-1) -6.1 (-8) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram 33.5 (+2) 24.1 (+2) Nil