23 die in U.P, Uttarakhand; temperature up in most North India

At least 23 lives were lost due to severe cold in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Thursday even as temperatures rose in parts of North India, a trend that the weatherman says will persist. People in the national Capital woke up to a pleasant morning as the minimum temperature rose by over a degree from Wednesday to settle at 5.8 degrees Celsius.

People warm themselves by a fire during a cold winter morning in Kathmandu on
A severe spell of cold has claimed close to 50 lives across Nepal this year even as mercury plunged below sub normal level in Kathmandu.

The sharp drop in temperatures over the week has taken a heavy toll, especially in the Terai and other southern Nepal regions. The downward drop in mercury levels continued with the temperature plunging close to minus one in the capital today. Kathmandu witnessed the coldest day of the year yesterday with the mercury dropping to minus 1.1 degree Celsius.

It was another chilly day for the people of Guwahati, as well as the entire State, as the cold wave continued even today.

In Guwahati, the maximum temperature was recorded at 15.8 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature was recorded at 5.7 degree Celsius. Yesterday, the maximum temperature was 15.2 degree Celsius and the minimum temperature was 7.6 degree Celsius. People preferred to stay indoors to avoid the chilling cold and hence there was low attendance in schools, colleges and offices. Tea stalls by the roadside are doing brisk business. Many people were seen keeping themselves warm by lighting a fire. This cold wave has affected the daily wage workers who are being unable to work in such cold conditions.

34 more deaths in Uttar Pradesh; season’s toll goes up to 233

At least 34 more deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as cold wave conditions continued unabated in North, East and Central parts of the country even as temperatures went up slightly at some places. The Capital witnessed a chilly but sunny morning with the mercury rising a bit during the early hours. There was a shallow fog in the morning hours and the minimum temperature was 4.4 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal and up from Tuesday’s 3.3 degrees.

The city experienced its coldest day in 16 years on Wednesday as the mercury dipped to 9 degree Celsius, five degrees below normal.

“The minimum temperature will hover around 9 degree C for the next 48 hours. It is not likely to fall any further,” said Director of the Regional Meteorological Centre G.C. Debnath. The previous lowest temperature was 9.9 degree Celsius on December 11, 1992.

The Valley is witnessing severe cold wave conditions with the temperature continuing to remain several degrees below the freezing point.

In Srinagar city, the mercury fell overnight to minus 5.5°C, which is nearly three degrees below the average normal and lowest temperature of the season so far, an official of the Meteorological Department said. Srinagar witnessed minus 4.9°C on Sunday night, minus 4.6°C on Saturday night and minus 5.4°C on Friday night.

Chilly westerly winds sweeping across south Bengal caused the mercury to dip across the region on Friday, bringing back the cold spell after more than a week.The MeT Office said cold conditions wou

A cold wave condition prevailed in parts of north central Maharahtra, between Jalgaon/Nashik and Pune, with the minimum temperature dipping by 3 to 5 degrees Celsius below normal.

The cold wave condition intensified in Bihar today with the minimum temperature plummeting sharply by 9-10 degrees Celsius from normal, throwing normal life out of gear in many places of the state.

Madhya Pradesh continued to reel under severe cold wave conditions with icy winds coming from north India.