By IANS
New Delhi : The entire north India including the capital Delhi is in grip of a severe cold wave, which may continue for the next few days, the met office said Friday.
Cold wave conditions prevailed over Haryana, north Rajasthan and isolated pockets of East Uttar Pradesh. It is likely to continue during next 2-3 days and may spread to some more parts of north India, adjoining central India and East India.
Ground frost is also likely at a few places over Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Under the influence of an easterly wave, scattered rain or thundershowers are likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands and parts of coastal Tamil Nadu.
Weather in central India – including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh – will remain dry with the night temperatures dipping by 2-3 degree Celsius.
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.
Delhi
Maximum Temperature (C) 20.6 (-1)
Minimum Temperature(C) 4.3 (-3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Mumbai
Maximum Temperature (C) 30.0 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.5 (-2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chennai
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.3 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 22.0 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Kolkata
Maximum Temperature (C) 25.5 (-2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 12.4 (-2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Ahmedabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 27.5 (-2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 10.3 (-2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bangalore
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.6 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.7 (+1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhopal
Maximum Temperature (C) 25.5 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 11.8 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Bhubaneswar
Maximum Temperature (C) 29.5 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 16.0 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Chandigarh
Maximum Temperature (C) 20.4 (-1
Minimum Temperature (C) 5.2 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Dehradun
Maximum Temperature (C) 21.2 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 2.6 (-3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Panaji
Maximum Temperature (C) 32.0 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 19.4 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Guwahati
Maximum Temperature (C) 26.7 (+3)
Minimum Temperature (C) 13.2 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Hyderabad
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.6 (+6)
Minimum Temperature (C) 18.4 (+5)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Jaipur
Maximum Temperature (C) 24.4 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 5.4 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Lucknow
Maximum Temperature (C) 23.2 (0)
Minimum Temperature (C) 6.0 (-1)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Nagpur
Maximum Temperature (C) 31.5 (+2)
Minimum Temperature (C) 14.8 (+3)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Patna
Maximum Temperature (C) 23.4 (-1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 8.0 (-2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Pune
Maximum Temperature (C) 33.4 (+4)
Minimum Temperature (C) 12.1 (+2)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Srinagar
Maximum Temperature (C) 11.8 (+6)
Minimum Temperature (C) -7.1 (-5)
Rainfall (mm) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram
Maximum Temperature (C) 32.4 (+1)
Minimum Temperature (C) 21.7 (0)
Rainfall (mm) Nil