14th to 19th january will see the worst cold spell of the season with peak on 16th to 18th January, tweeted Navdeep Dahiya, the founder of Live Weather of India, an online weather platform. Image source- Twitter While light rainfall in the national capital might bring some respite from icy temperatures for a few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also said cold wave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets over Delhi and its neighbouring states from Saturday.
Days after recording its third-worst cold spell in 23 years, the minimum temperature in Delhi settled at 9.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday, two notches above the season’s average. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 19 degrees Celsius, according to the IMD.According to the NGO Centre for Holistic Development (CHD), 106 people died in Delhi as a result of the cold in January. Officials, however, denied any deaths were caused by the cold.Madhya Pradesh’s ujjain, Mahakal’s city witnesses three deaths of reportedly homeless men due to cardiac arrest attributing to winter with 8u00b0C. This relief of weather is momentary and will soon show up the worst it can go. What is the temperature of your city? Do let us know in the comments.
