Key points:
- The maximum temperature stood at 25.6°C, two degrees below average.
- In 2017, the minimum temperature fell to 7.6 degrees C during the last week of November.
- The lowest temperature in November was 11.4 degrees C in 2019, and 10.5 degrees C in 2018.
- An air quality index (AQI) reading of 283, classified as ‘bad’, was reported in Delhi on Thursday.
- During the next 48 hours, it is reasonable to travel west-northwest and focus on depression over the southwestern Arabian Sea.
For the first time, this period on Thursday, the minimum temperature in the national capital fell below 10 degrees Celsius, dropping to 9.4 ° C, three notches below the usual mercury mark, even as the meeting department said winter was settling earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the maximum temperature stood at 25.6°C, two degrees below average.
According to IMD forecast:
On Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast that due to cold winds blowing in through the direction of its snow-clad western Himalayas, minimum temperatures will fall below 10 ° C this week.
In Punjab, Adampur and Faridkot recorded the lowest minimum temperatures of the season so far on Thursday at 5.6 ° C, with temperatures of 8.2, 8, 9, and 8 ° C collectively recorded by Hisar, Narnaul, Rohtak, Sirsa.
Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the regional centre for weather forecasting stated:
Normally, in November, minimum temperatures do not drop below ten °C. In recent years, in 2017, the minimum temperature fell to 7.6 degrees C during the last week of November.
During this time, it’s rare for minimum temperatures to fall to single digits. Winter is set to begin earlier this year,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the regional centre for weather forecasting.
The lowest temperature in November was 11.4 degrees C in 2019, and 10.5 degrees C in 2018.
Weather forecast report on Thursday:
Thursday’s weather forecaster stated that expects mercury levels to drop further from Sunday.
We are seeing a drop in minimum temperatures throughout northwest India and expect temperatures to decline further from November 22, when the western Himalayan region is likely to be affected by a western disturbance,” Srivastava said.”
He added that from Friday, winds are likely to get stronger, up to about 18kmph, thus dispersing pollution in the area as well. An air quality index (AQI) reading of 283, classified as ‘bad’, was reported in Delhi on Thursday.
Head of the national weather forecasting centre K Sathi Devi stated:
The minimum temperature drop is not sudden. Now there are bright skies so that the heat radiates out. On November 21, minimum temperatures may rise slightly before dropping again after the western disturbance passes.
“There is a slight incursion of cold winds throughout the north, and we are heading towards cold days climatologically,” stated by the head of the national weather forecasting centre K Sathi Devi.
Over the central areas of the southern Arabian Sea, a low-pressure region has developed. During the next 48 hours, it is likely to travel west-northwest and focus on depression over the southwestern Arabian Sea.
IMD report on Thursday’s Bulletin:
In its Thursday bulletin, IMD reported that minimum temperatures are expected to gradually fall by 2-4 ° C across northwest India over the next three days and gradually fall by 2-4 ° Cover central India after 24 hours.
