By IANS
New Delhi : Most of India’s northern plains and the adjoining eastern parts of India will not have the current spell of relatively mild weather for long, while a new cold wave has already gripped Punjab, Haryana and parts of north Rajasthan, the met office said here Saturday.
Minimum temperatures have decreased by 4-5 degree Celsius over most parts of north and adjoining east India. The temperature is likely to fall further by 3-4 degree Celsius during the next couple of days.
Cold wave and ground frost conditions are likely over parts of Punjab, Haryana and north Rajasthan.
The lowest minimum temperature in the northern plains was 1.5 degree Celsius recorded at Amritsar in Punjab.
Snowfall is also possible in isolated parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Mainly dry weather will prevail over most parts of the country, the met office said.
Following are the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Saturday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
Delhi
Maximum Temperature (C) 20.4 (-1)
Minimum Temperature(C) 7.0 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Mumbai
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.7 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.0 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chennai
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.1 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 20.9 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Kolkata
Maximum Temperature (C) 30.0 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.0 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Ahmedabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 25.8 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 12.0 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bangalore
Maximum Temperature (C) 30.2 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.6 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhopal
Maximum Temperature (C) 25.5 (-1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 11.1 (-5)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhubaneswar
Maximum Temperature (C) 30.0 (+5)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.3 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chandigarh
Maximum Temperature (C) 17.4 (-3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 5.0 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Dehradun
Maximum Temperature (C) 20.6 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 5.7 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Panaji
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.7 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 19.3 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Guwahati
Maximum Temperature (C) 25.0 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.0 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Hyderabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.0 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.2 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Jaipur
Maximum Temperature (C) 28.8 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 7.2 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Lucknow
Maximum Temperature (C) 26.6 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 7.0 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Nagpur
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.3 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.4 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Patna
Maximum Temperature (C) 26.8 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.1 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Pune
Maximum Temperature (C) 30.7 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 12.0 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Srinagar
Maximum Temperature (C) 6.1 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) -1.8 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.2 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 22.8 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil