A “severe cold day” is when the maximum temperature is at least 6.5 degrees below normal.
The India Meteorological Department said that Delhi on Tuesday witnessed the coldest January day in nine years, with maximum temperatures recorded 10 degrees below normal and 12.1 degrees Celsius. It was also the second consecutive “severe cold day” in the capital.
The cold was so severe that all the weather stations in Delhi recorded their maximum temperature by 10 to 11 degrees Celsius below normal. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a maximum temperature of 12.1 °C, which was the lowest in a single January day after 9.8 °C was recorded on January 3, 2013, IMD officials said. according.
IMD senior scientist RK Jenamani said that this is also the lowest maximum temperature of the season so far. Palam (11.6 °C), Lodhi Road (12.2 °C), Ridge (11.7 °C), Ayanagar (12 °C), Jafarpur (11.4 °C), Najafgarh (12.5 °C), Narela (11.7 °C), It was cold at Pitampura (13.1 degrees Celsius), Sports Complex (13.7 degrees Celsius) and Mayur Vihar (11.9 degrees Celsius).
According to independent weather forecaster Navdeep Dahiya, all the 18 stations in the National Capital Region recorded an average maximum temperature of 12 degrees Celsius. Delhi had also recorded severe cold on Monday. According to the IMD, a “cold day” occurs when the minimum temperature is less than 10 °C and the maximum is at least 4.5 °C below normal.
A “severe cold day” is when the maximum temperature is at least 6.5 degrees below normal. According to IMD data, the capital has recorded six cold days in January so far, the most in a month in at least a decade. Jenamani said Delhi has recorded a maximum temperature of less than 17 degrees Celsius in 11 days this month, which is equal to the number of such days in 2015. In 2003, 18 such days were recorded.
The maximum temperature has been below normal since the second week of January. The minimum temperature was near or above normal. According to Mahest Palawat, Vice President (Meteorology and Climate Change) Skymet Weather, it prevents prolonged exposure to sunlight mainly due to clouds and rain. Delhi has received seven Western Disturbances in January this year, whereas in the month it happens three to four times as usual. Palawat said the rain caused by a Western Disturbance increased the humidity in the air, leading to fog for most of the day amid low temperatures.
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