Dense fog in Delhi, 64 trains cancelled
Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region continued to freeze at below minus 14 degree celsius, he said.
25 trains were cancelled and one had to be rescheduled, due to heavy fog in Delhi.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.3 degrees Celsius in Mata Vaishno Devi base camp town of Katra and it was 2.5 degrees Celsius in Batote, minus 0.5 degrees Celsius in Bannihal and minus 0.4 degrees Celsius in Bhaderwah town of Jammu region.
The minimum temperatures also increased in Pahalgam and Qazigund, while other places experienced a drop in the mercury. The minimum temperature was minus 5.7 degrees, more than a notch above normal there, where a large number of tourists are visiting daily.
“The minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 4.2 degrees Celsius today (Monday)”.
As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), it will be a little foggy in the morning and the sky will be clear towards the later part of the day.
However, the harshest winter period has thus far remained largely dry except for brief spells of light snow in plains on two occasions and moderate snowfall in the higher reaches on a few occasions. “Humidity in air was 95 per cent”, a MeT official said.
Yesterday, mercury had dipped to a low of 9.6 degrees Celsius while maximum temperature had settled at 15.6 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, recorded its minimum at 9.8 degrees, four notches above normal even as Amritsar in Punjab recorded a low of 8.6 degrees.
The night temperatures at Tonk, Jaipur, Ajmer and Jaisalmer were recorded at 5.4, 7.3, 7.5 and 10 degrees Celsius, respectively.