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Sharp chill sweeps north India day after snowfall, rain; major roads in hills remain...

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo NEW DELHI, Jan 24 : Minimum temperatures dropped sharply across north India, a day after the hills witnessed widespread snowfall and rains lashed the plains of the region. Several key roads in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh remained closed for the second consecutive day, affecting traffic and the movement of goods. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast dense to very dense fog in isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab on January 25 and 26, while shallow to moderate fog is likely in Delhi in the morning on Sunday.

Sharp chill sweeps north India day after snowfall, rain; major roads in hills remain...

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Key Highlights

  • The national capital saw a sharp fall in the minimum temperatures following the spell of rain, with the city’s base weather station, Safdarjung, recording a minimum temperature of 7.6 degrees Celsius, 0.1 degrees above the season’s normal.
  • This marked a sharp fall from Friday’s low of 13.7 degrees Celsius, which was the highest in four years.
  • Ayanagar registered the lowest minimum temperature in Delhi on Saturday at 6 degrees Celsius.
  • Delhi saw improvement in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday, with a reading of 176 in the ‘moderate’ category, according to the Sameer app.
  • An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data shows.
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