By IANS
New Delhi : There was some respite for the people of Jammu and Kashmir as the cold wave abated Friday while northern India saw a fall in the minimum temperatures, the met office said here.
The minimum temperatures are likely to fall by 3-4 degrees Celsius over the plains of northwest India and Rajasthan over the next 2-3 days.
Fog is also likely over some parts of the northern plains. The lowest minimum temperature of 6.8 degrees Celsius in the plains was recorded at Amritsar in Punjab.
Rain or snowfall is likely at some places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the next day and decrease thereafter.
Following are the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Friday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
Delhi 26.3 (+5) 14.0 (+7) Nil
Mumbai 35.1 (+4) 17.7 (+2) Nil
Chennai 29.7 (+2) 20.1 (-1) Nil
Kolkata 27.5 (0) 14.2 (0) Nil
Ahmedabad 32.8 (+4) 15.3 (+3) Nil
Bangalore 29.7 (+2) 14.7 (0) Nil
Bhopal 30.0 (+4) 14.0 (-1) Nil
Bhubaneswar 30.1 (+1) 14.9 (-1) Nil
Chandigarh 21.8 (+2) 12.0 (+5) 3.0
Dehradun 21.6 (+3) 12.2 (+6) 4.3
Panaji 35.2 (+4) 19.2 (0) Nil
Guwahati 26.3 (+3) 13.0 (+) Nil
Hyderabad 30.5 (+1) 14.5 (0) Nil
Jaipur 26.1 (+4) 12.4 (+4) Nil
Lucknow 24.8 (+2) 11.4 (+4) Nil
Nagpur 32.0 (+2) 12.0 (-1) Nil
Patna 23.4 (+1) 10.0 (0) Nil
Pune 31.9 (+2) 11.7 (0) Nil
Srinagar 3.4 (-2) 0.2 (+2) 19.4
Thiruvananthapuram 32.7 (+1) 20.8 (-1) Nil