Delhi temperature, weather today forecast: Cold wave sweeps national capital, northern states - Check IMD's latest prediction

Delhi weather today, temperature: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert in Delhi from Monday for six days, owing to the upcoming severe cold wave in the national capital region. The minimum temperature will progressively rise by 3 to 5 degrees from January 19 to 20 due to the new Western Disturbance.

"Cold Wave to severe Cold wave conditions at many places over Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh and at a few places over Rajasthan and Ground frost at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan. Dense Fog at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh. Cold Wave conditions at isolated places over Delhi, H.P, Uttarakhand and U.P.and Ground frost conditions at isolated places over H.P, Uttarakhand and W-U.P,” the IMD said in its release.

Himachal Pradesh Teamprature

 
“ There will be heavy snowfall in Shimla & other parts of the state in the coming week. Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti recorded the lowest min temperature of -11 degrees Celsius. There will be a drop in temperature in coming days”, says  S Paul, Director, IMD, Shimla

There may be a cold wave from January 17 to January 19 forecasted in various regions of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.  
 

Delhi: Trains running late due to fog  

6 trains running late in the Northern Railway region due to fog

Delhi: Flights delayed

Several flights were delayed due to fog and low visibility.
 

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Delhi temperature today  

Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 4.6°C, and Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 6.0°C till 5.30 am. The minimum temperature in the capital is likely to rise to 9 degrees Celsius on Thursday amid cloudy weather and light rain.

Kashmir experiences sub-zero night temperature

The minimum temperature settled below the freezing point in Kashmir as the weather stayed dry, even as the Meteorological Department has forecast rains and snow from the mid-week.

Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.7 degrees Celsius on Monday night -- down from minus 1.9 degrees Celsius the night before, they said. The minimum temperature was 0.6 degrees below the normal.

Qazigund, the gateway to the Valley, registered a minimum of minus 5.4 degrees Celsius, 2.1 degrees below the normal. Kokernag in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius, while the minimum in Kupwara, a frontier district, settled at minus 4.3 degrees Celsius,  7.4 degrees below the normal.

Pahalgam in Anantnag district, which also serves as a base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, registered a low of minus 11.8 degrees Celsius, down from minus 10.2 degrees Celsius. The minimum was 4.6 degrees below normal for this part of the season.

This was the lowest night temperature of the season so far at the tourist resort. The resort was also the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir. 

The minimum temperature at the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in Baramulla district went half a degree up from the previous night's minus 12 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 11.5 degrees Celsius.

The meteorological office said the weather will remain mainly dry across Jammu and Kashmir till January 18. There will be a further decrease in the night temperature till that time. It said, a few western disturbances are likely to affect the UT from January 19 to 25.

The weather will remain cloudy from January 19-21 with chances of light rain or snow over isolated to scattered places mainly over higher reaches.