The effect of cold and dense fog is continuously increasing in the North Indian states of the country. The Meteorological Department has issued a dense fog alert in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Friday. Dense fog reduced visibility to 500 meters in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Kanpur on Wednesday morning. On the other hand, Rajasthan's hill station Mount Abu recorded a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. Madhya Pradesh is also getting colder. 8 cities of MP recorded temperatures below 10 degrees. The temperature in Bhopal was recorded at 10.2 degrees. This is the third lowest temperature in November in the last 10 years.
As winter is now in full swing in Gujarat's Kutch, the mercury dropped by 1.1 degrees to reach 13 degrees in the early morning and evening as if winter has entered the state from Nalia, known as Kashmir in Gujarat. Had to resort to warm clothes. The minimum and maximum temperatures of districts across the state have deteriorated in just one week. Due to which many people have also fallen ill. There are chances of continuous cold weather till the next month of January.
Gujarat-Rajasthan's only hill station, Mount Abu, suddenly fell, with minus one in Mount Abu and minus three degrees in Gurushikhara, the highest peak of Aravalli's Girikandra, covered with layers of snow. The sudden drop in temperature at the tourist spot has increased the number of pilgrims as the chilly atmosphere prevails.
3 pictures of weather across the country…
Dense fog and mist prevailed in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday morning.
The temperature in Delhi is dropping continuously. The temperature here was recorded at 12 degrees on Friday morning.
Due to severe cold in Jammu, farmers were seen doing their homework.
From last 2 days There is no snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, but the temperature is minus There has been no snowfall in the hills of Jammu and Kashmir for the last 2 days. Despite this, the temperature in Srinagar was recorded at 0.7 degrees. Shopian was the coldest district in the country on Thursday. The temperature here was recorded at minus 3.9 degrees. While it was minus 3.5 degrees in Anantnag, minus 3.4 degrees in Pulwama.
Heavy rain in North-East, less cold in South
- The Meteorological Department has said that the period of heavy rain will continue in the North Eastern states. Heavy rain with strong winds and lightning is likely over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Friday.
- The effect of cold in the states of South India is less than the states of North India. Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala have been receiving heavy rains for the last one week. Rain has stopped here since Thursday night. The Meteorological Department has said that the states of South India may receive rain from November 25.
Weather news of states…
Rajasthan: Mercury plunges 5 degrees in Mount Abu, 4 degrees below average in Kota-Sikar
Beharor was covered in fog on Friday morning.
Winters have become more severe in many parts of Rajasthan due to increased influence of northerly winds. The night minimum temperature in Sikar, Kota and Ajmer dropped by 4 degrees Celsius below the average. The weather is likely to remain clear for the next week.
Madhya Pradesh: Colder than last year in November, lowest temperature in Bhopal
Bhopal was covered in fog throughout the day on Thursday.
November in Madhya Pradesh is colder than last year. Bhopal recorded its third lowest temperature in 10 years, while Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior and Jabalpur saw the mercury dip below normal (15 degrees). Pachmarhi, the only hill station, remains the coldest during the day and night.
Punjab: Yellow alert for fog for 2 days, temperature drops by 0.4 degree, AQI level bad
Dense fog will prevail in seven districts of Punjab today (Friday) and Saturday. The Meteorological Department has declared a yellow alert in this regard. These districts include Amritsar, Nawasher, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala.
Bihar: 4 cities including Hajipur in red zone, air very bad, AQI crosses 300
Bihar's air is getting polluted day by day. Due to increase in humidity, the amount of dust particles in the air has increased. Due to which the air has become very bad. 4 districts are in red zone. In the last 24 hours, AQI of Hajipur has been recorded as 394, Betiya as 333. Which is in bad category.
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