Delhi Experiences Slight Relief from Chilly Spell as Minimum Temperature Rises to 4.6 Degrees Celsius

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 17th Jan. Safdarjung and Palam recorded minimum temperatures of 4.6 and 6.0 degrees Celsius, respectively, as Delhi residents continued to face frigid weather despite a minor uptick in the mercury, said India Meteorological Department on Tuesday.

Yesterday, the national capital experienced its coldest January since 2021, with Safdarjung at 1.4 degrees Celsius and Lodhi Road at 1.6 degrees Celsius.

“Temperature at 0530 hrs IST Dated 17.01.2023: Delhi: Safdarjung-4.6 Deg Cent, Tendency-(+0.4 Deg. Cent.); Palam- 6.0 Deg Cent., Tendency- (-1.0 Deg. Cent.),” IMD tweeted this morning.

The visibility in the Palam area in the capital stood at 500 metres.

“Visibility (<=500 m) recorded at 0530 hours IST of today, 17.01.2023 Haryana: Hissar-50; Bihar: Gaya-200; Tripura: Kailashahar-50; Odisha: Goplalpur-200; ” Delhi “: Palam-500; Safdarjung: 1000; Uttarakhand: Dehradun-500; Bihar: Purnea-500,” IMD tweeted.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department stated on Monday that two western disturbances are likely to affect northwest India in quick succession on January 18 and 20, and that cold wave conditions over northwest India are likely to abate beginning January 19.

In a press release, IMD stated, “Minimum temperatures are very likely to fall further by about 2°C over many parts of Northwest India till 17th January morning; no significant change till 18th and rise by 4-6°C during 19th-21st January 2023. Fall in minimum temperatures by 2-4°C is very likely over many parts of East India till the 18th and no significant change thereafter. No significant change in minimum temperatures is very likely over Gujarat state by the 18th and rises by 2-4°C thereafter. No significant change in minimum temperatures over the rest of northern India during the next 4-5 days.”

Cold Wave to severe cold wave conditions are very likely over many/some parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi till January 18 and thereafter in isolated pockets of East Rajasthan on January 19; Cold wave conditions in isolated pockets are also very likely over Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during January 17-19; over Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Saurashtra and Kutch on 17th & 18th January 2023, it further said.

Ground Frost conditions in isolated places are very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and West Uttar Pradesh on the 17th and 18th of January 2023, it added.