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Weather Updates From North India, January 1: The mercury in several states in north India dipped as the country woke up to a biting cold on the first day of the new year 2023. The minimum temperature in Delhi today is expected to be 7 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is expected to be 18 degrees Celsius. After a brief relief, winter is about to reach its peak in the northern states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
“Dense fog is likely to continue over the region during the next 4-5 days. A fresh cold wave spell is likely to commence over northwest India from January 1,” IMD said in a statement on Saturday.
The weather department had confirmed that the temperature would go as low as 4°C by January 2. The mercury was expected to drop to eight degrees Celsius on Saturday and further to four degrees Celsius by Monday (January 2). Dense fog and cold wave conditions are predicted in parts of Delhi from January 1 to 5, according to the IMD.
UP’s Moradabad saw a dip in minimum temperature and also witnessed dense fog this morning. The minimum temperature was recorded at 6 degrees Celsius.
Visibility at Palam dropped down to 250 m for a short span of time from 1 am to 2 am and improved again becoming 800 m at 6 am. Visibility was less than 200 m at 5:30 am over Bhatinda, Chandigarh-50 m, Ambala-25 m, Bareilly-25 m, Lucknow-25 m, Varanasi-50 m, Patna-25 m, and Gaya-50 m, according to IMD.
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