By IANS
New Delhi : Cold to severe cold wave conditions prevailed over many parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains and isolated pockets of north Rajasthan, and Saurashtra and Kutch in Gujarat. Churu in Rajasthan recorded the lowest temperature in the northern plains Tuesday at minus 1.1 degrees Celsius.
The cold wave is likely to continue, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Tuesday.
Isolated rain/snow is likely over Jammu & Kashmir during the next 24 hours and mainly dry weather is likely thereafter.
Srinagar, which recorded the lowest of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius Monday, was marginally warmer Tuesday when mercury steadied at just below the freezing point, which too was two degrees Celsius below normal. The city recorded the maximum of 9.6 degrees Celsius.
The following are the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
Delhi
Maximum Temperature (C) 20.8 (-1)
Minimum Temperature(C) 2.6 (-4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Mumbai
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.8 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 15.1 (-2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chennai
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.8 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 21.5 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Kolkata
Maximum Temperature (C) 24.5 (-2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 11.7 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Ahmedabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 27.4 (-2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 11.2 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bangalore
Maximum Temperature (C) 27.3 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 15.3 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhopal
Maximum Temperature (C) 23.4 (-3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 10.4 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhubaneswar
Maximum Temperature (C) 28.6 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.3 (-3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chandigarh
Maximum Temperature (C) 19.8 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 1.4 (-6)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Dehradun
Maximum Temperature (C) 22.3 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 5.6 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Panaji
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.4 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 21.0 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Guwahati
Maximum Temperature (C) 25.5 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.4 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Hyderabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 30.0 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 18.0 (+4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Jaipur
Maximum Temperature (C) 22.4 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 4.4 (-4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Lucknow
Maximum Temperature (C) 22.6 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 3.6 (-4)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Nagpur
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.8 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.8 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Patna
Maximum Temperature (C) 22.9 (-1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 5.3 (-5)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Pune
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.8 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 21.5 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Srinagar
Maximum Temperature (C) 9.6 (+5)
Minimum Temperature (C) -0.4 (-2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.0 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 21.4 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil