New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) As the sun shone brightly On Delhi and most parts of the northern plains Monday, people came out of their woollen cocoons after a particularly long and bitter winter.
The maximum temperature in the national capital rose to near 26 degrees Celsius, as was the case in most places in the plains. A bright sky added to the feeling of warmth to the day.
The minimum temperature in Delhi was 9.8 degrees, normal for this time of the year.
The capital has been reeling under a severe cold wave for over a month with the season’s lowest recorded at 1.9 degrees Celsius Jan 2, while the lowest temperature this month was 2.9 degrees Feb 2.
The Met office has forecast further rise in the minimum temperatures, signalling an official end to the winter.
The lowest temperature in the plains was 4.9 degrees Celsius recorded at Amritsar in Punjab.
The met office has forecast mainly dry weather in most of the country expect for rain in parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar.
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 26.8 (+3) 9.8 (0) Nil
Mumbai 31.4 (-1) 15.4 (-2) Nil
Chennai 31.0 (+1) 20.5 (0) Nil
Kolkata 30.1 (0) 17.4 (0) Nil
Ahmedabad 32.4 (+1) 12.4 (-3) Nil
Bangalore 30.9 (+1) 17.3 (0) Nil
Bhopal 31.4 (+2) 12.8 (0) Nil
Bhubaneswar 33.1 (+1) 18.7 (-1) Nil
Chandigarh 25.6 (+2) 7.4 (-2) Nil
Dehradun 23.1 (+2) 10.2 (+2) Nil
Panaji 32.8 (+2) 20.4 (-1) Nil
Guwahati 26.0 (-1) 10.4 (-2) Nil
Hyderabad 32.8 (+2) 20.8 (+4) Nil
Jaipur 30.8 (+5) 10.0 (-1) Nil
Lucknow 26.4 (0) 9.4 (-1) Nil
Nagpur 34.6 (+3) 16.0 (+1) Nil
Patna 25.2 (-2) 11.7 (-2) Nil
Pune 34.9 (+3) 13.1 (+1) Nil
Srinagar 9.7 (+2) 1.9 (-2) Nil
Thiruvananthapuram 33.0 (+1) 23.7 (+1) Nil