The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Saturday, January 6, 2001,
Chandigarh, India

W E A T H E R

Jaipur coldest in decade at 2.5°C
JAIPUR, Jan 5 — Jaipur experienced severe cold-wave conditions last night as the mercury dipped to 2.5°C, the lowest in the decade, a meteorological report said today.

Cold wave sweeps Rajasthan
NEW DELHI, Jan 5 — Cold-wave condition continue to prevail in parts of east Rajasthan.

Chandigarh page: Sun makes brief appearance but cold wave persists
CHANDIGARH, Jan 5 — The day-time temperature rose by 1° celsius in the city today while the sun made an appearance around the afternoon making the day a little more bearable than the previous day.

CHANDIGARH

The maximum temperature on Friday was 12.4°C (54.3°F) and the minimum 8.2°C (46.8°F).
The maximum relative humidity was 89 per cent and the minimum 72 per cent.
Sunset: Saturday: 5.37
Sunrise: Sunday: 7.21
OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY: Fog or mist in the morning. Partly cloudy sky. Minimum temperature on Saturday will be around 8°C.

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REGION

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)
Ambala	13.6	7.6
Amritsar	12.8	8.5
Bhuntar	19.6	-1.0
Ludhiana	—	7.5
Patiala	14.5	7.7
Rohtak	—	9.0
Shimla	12.5	2.6
Srinagar	—	-4.7
Sundernagar	12.2	0.7

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since October 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	27	13	0	0
Allahabad	17	11	0	25
Aurangabad	27	10	0	3
Bangalore	18	17	0	1
Bhopal	23	06	0	4
Bhubaneshwar	28	14	0	0
Chennai	30	22	0	0
Dehra Dun	15	15	0	25
Gangtok	13	6	0	tr
Hyderabad	29	15	0	11
Indore	23	07	0	6
Jaipur	18	03	0	1
Kolkata	23	13	0	0
Lucknow	15	5	0	4
Mangalore	33	23	0	0
Mumbai	33	20	0	1
Nagpur	26	11	0	4
New Delhi	12	9	0	15
Patna	19	10	0	12
Pune	28	11	0	7
Shillong	16	—	—	—
Thiruvananthapuram	33	22	0	8
Udaipur	22	05	0	0
Vishakhapatnam	29	22	0	0

Jaipur coldest in decade at 2.5°C

JAIPUR, Jan 5 (PTI) — Jaipur experienced severe cold-wave conditions last night as the mercury dipped to 2.5°C, the lowest in the decade, a meteorological report said today.

Thick fog engulfed it, delaying flights and affecting vehicular traffic on highways and main streets, sources said.

The occurrence of ground frost also partially damaged standing crop in the district, they said.

Of the four flights from Delhi only two landed at the Sanganer airport here at 11.30 a.m., airport authority sources said.

Cold wave sweeps Rajasthan
Tribune News Service

NEW DELHI, Jan 5 — Cold-wave condition continue to prevail in parts of east Rajasthan.

Rainfall: Weather was mainly dry over the region.

Temperature: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell appreciably in west Rajasthan, fell in east Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere.

Departures: They were appreciably above normal in Punjab, above normal in Haryana and Uttaranchal, and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 2.5°C recorded at Jaipur.

Forecast valid until the morning of 7th: Weather will be mainly dry in the region.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast vaild until the morning of 7th: Sky will be partly cloudy.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.