New Delhi: Sub-zero temperatures persevered in numerous components of northern India on Thursday, with Kashmir experiencing freezing temperatures and Himachal Pradesh encountering important snowfall and landslides resulting in the closure of over 250 roads, information company PTI reported. In the meantime, Delhi loved gentle climate situations, recording a most temperature of 20.2 levels Celsius, barely beneath the seasonal common. The minimal temperature within the nationwide capital was 8.2 levels Celsius, in line with the India Meteorological Division (IMD).
As per official knowledge, January was the warmest in 43 years in a number of areas of Jammu and Kashmir, together with Srinagar metropolis.
Punjab and Haryana additionally had persistently low temperatures, with quite a few places sustaining below-average minimal temperatures. The summer time capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, noticed a low of minus 5.2 levels Celsius on Thursday, down from minus 2 levels Celsius the evening earlier than.
The Pahalgam vacationer resort in south Kashmir, which acts as the place to begin for the yearly Amarnath yatra, reported a low of minus 11.9 levels Celsius, whereas the Gulmarg snowboarding resort in north Kashmir had a minimal temperature of minus 12 levels Celsius.
Based on officers, the cities of Kokernag and Qazigund in south Kashmir reported lows of minus 4.5 and minus 6.4 levels Celsius, respectively.
At Pahalgam, Gulmarg, Qazigund, and Srinagar, the bottom temperatures have been roughly 5 levels beneath common for this time of yr. The 40-day worst winter season, referred to as “Chilla-i-Kalan,” ended earlier this week, however the chill lingering on in Kashmir, PTI reported.
Kusumseri within the Lahaul and Spiti area of Himachal Pradesh recorded a low of minus 14.2 levels Celsius on Thursday regardless of the continued dry climate. Within the morning, there was thick fog in Sundernagar, Mandi, and Bilaspur, which decreased visibility to 500 metres. Within the mid-and larger hills, there was floor frost, which made touring harmful.
Restoration efforts are underway to reopen 254 roads, together with 5 nationwide highways that have been shut down due to extreme snowfall and landslides, as acknowledged by officers.
As per the emergency operation centre, Lahaul and Spiti have 125 closed roads, Kullu has 41, Chamba has 37, Shimla has 26, and Mandi has 24 closed roads for site visitors. Moreover, 80 transformers and 22 water provide schemes are disrupted in Himachal Pradesh. Chandigarh, the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded a minimal temperature of seven levels Celsius, which is 2 levels beneath the traditional degree, as reported by the meteorological division.
In different components of Punjab, Amritsar skilled a temperature of 4.1 levels Celsius, two levels beneath regular, whereas Ludhiana and Patiala recorded temperatures of 6.9 and 6.2 levels Celsius, respectively. Pathankot, Bathinda, Faridkot, and Gurdaspur additionally confronted chilly climate situations, with temperatures at 3.9, 6.4, 6, and 4 levels Celsius, respectively.
Ambala district of Haryana recorded a minimal temperature of seven.6 levels Celsius, which is one diploma beneath the traditional temperature. It was 7.5 levels Celsius at Hisar’s minimal.
Information from the Meteorological Centre Srinagar reveals that January was the warmest in 43 years in a number of areas of Jammu and Kashmir, together with Srinagar metropolis. Based on studies, with simply 3.0 mm of precipitation in January this yr, Srinagar metropolis noticed the second driest January within the earlier 40 years.
Primarily based on the out there knowledge, the utmost temperature (TMP) in January was 11.9 levels Celsius on the Srinagar station, whereas it was 5.7 levels Celsius in Gulmarg, north Kashmir, and 16.9 levels Celsius in Banihal, Ramban district.