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Clear days, shivering nights
Chandigarh
People in Amritsar shivered under intense cold wave conditions for the second day on Wednesday with mercury dipping further to 1.7° C, two degrees below normal, as the cold wave continued to sweep northwest region in the third week.

Rain or snow likely in J&K


 

CHANDIGARH
  • The maximum temperature on Wednesday was 21.8°C (71.2°F) and the minimum 06.6°C (43.9°F).
    The maximum relative humidity was 88 per cent and the minimum 31 per cent.
  • Sunset: Thursday: 05.40
  • Sunrise: Friday: 07.21
  • OUTLOOK FOR  THURSDAY: Mainly cloudy sky.


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Extremes
Town Max (in Celsius) Min (in Celsius)
Ambala 20.6 05.9
Amritsar 20.3 01.7
Hisar 19.7 04.8
Ludhiana 20.4 03.1
Patiala 20.0 05.0
Shimla 14.9 05.7
Sundernagar 21.4 0.8

 

 

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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

29

13

0

0

Bangalore

27

18

0

0

Bhopal

26

11

0

0

Bhubaneswar

27

17

9

2

Kolkata

26

16

0

0

Chennai

28

23

16

59

Dehra Dun

19

5

0

0

Gangtok

6

0

0

Guwahati

23

9

0

0

Hyderabad

24

18

7

11

Jaipur

23

7

9

0

Lucknow

23

6

0

0

Mumbai

27

22

0

0

New Delhi

22

5

0

0

Panjim

31

20

0

0

Patna

24

7

0

0




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Clear days, shivering nights

Chandigarh
People in Amritsar shivered under intense cold wave conditions for the second day on Wednesday with mercury dipping further to 1.7° C, two degrees below normal, as the cold wave continued to sweep northwest region in the third week.

With no let-up in the unprecedented prolonged dry spell, the day temperature in the plains rose to near normal while the minimum was two to three degrees below normal.

Most of the region was saved from dense fogs for the third day today. The smog that had appeared in the early hours disappeared as the day advanced and the sun shone brightly. Train services in the region plied normally. The weathermen here have forecast mainly dry weather over the next two to three days.

Ludhiana and Patiala were the other colder places in Punjab as the minimum temperatures stayed two and three degrees below normal at 3.1° C and 5°C, respectively.

Chandigarh and Ambala recorded the minimum temperature at near normal at 6.6° C, while Hisar was colder at 4.8° C in the morning. The day temperature in the union territory and skirting urban estates of Panchkula and SAS Nagar hovered around 22° C.

The Ladakh region, including forward areas of Jammu and Kashmir, and adjoining tribal belt of Himachal Pradesh braved 10° to 35° C, below freezing points temperatures. Shimla, the Queen of hills, continued to experience high temperature with the maximum hovering around 14.53° C and the minimum rising to 5.7° C, four degrees above normal. Una, Bhunter and Sunder Nagar stations in the state reeled in the lows of 00.00, 00.2° and 0.8° C respectively.

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Rain or snow likely in J&K
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 9
Rainfall: Weather was dry over the region.

Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures changed a little. Departures: They were below normal in Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region.

The lowest temperature in the plains was 1°C recorded at Adampur (Punjab).

Forecast valid until the morning of January 11, 2002: Rain or snow is likely at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir. Weather will be dry in the rest of the region.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of January 11, 2002: Mainly clear sky. Fog in the morning. No significant change in minimum temperature.

Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of January 11, 2002: Sky will be mainly clear.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

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