With temperatures expected to drop below 10 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a "cold day" warning for multiple states in the region on Friday amidst the cold wave that is sweeping over Northern India. In its advisory, the weather service predicted that over the following two days, the northwest will likely have nights and mornings with dense to extremely dense fog.
Many locations in Haryana, a few locations in Rajasthan, and some pockets in Punjab experienced chilly to severe cold temperatures. A few locations above Delhi had cold day conditions, while scattered pockets over north M.P. experienced them as well," the IMD stated in a report on "X."
IMD data shows that the maximum temperature recorded in Delhi at Palam was 13.8 degrees Celsius, with a departure of -4.9 degrees Celsius; the maximum temperature recorded in Chandigarh was 14.3 degrees Celsius, with a departure of -3.9 degrees Celsius; the maximum temperature recorded in Ambala, Haryana, was 10 degrees Celsius, with a departure of -7.5 degrees Celsius; and the maximum temperature recorded in Patiala, Punjab, was 11.1 degrees Celsius, with a departure of -7.5 degrees Celsius.
In addition, the meteorological service stated that from January 6 to 9, severe fog is predicted in some parts of east Uttar Pradesh in the mornings. Furthermore, from January 6 to 8, foggy conditions are predicted throughout western Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura. On January 6 and 7, this fog could be experienced in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Odisha.
Moreover, on January 8 and 10, the IMD predicted the potential of sporadic light rainfall throughout northwest and central India. Classification states that a temperature that is between 4.5 and 6.4 degrees below the seasonal average is considered a "cold day." A day is considered extreme cold if it is 6.5 degrees below the season's average high or low.
