On January 13, the residents of Millennium City experienced the chilliest day of the season as the mercury plummeted to 2.7 degrees Celsius, as reported by the Met Office on Sunday.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), there was a slight increase in temperature on Sunday, with the minimum recorded at 4 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature for the day reached 18 degrees Celsius.
Dense fog enveloped the city on Sunday, causing visibility to drop to less than 100 meters in many places during the morning hours, as stated by the IMD.
An "orange alert" has been issued for Monday by the IMD, anticipating cold to severe cold wave conditions. The weather office predicts that these cold conditions will persist for the next few days.
"The southern Haryana region, including Gurugram and Faridabad districts, will experience cold conditions and dense fog on Monday as well. The weather is likely to clear from Tuesday onwards. No significant change in minimum temperatures is likely over the region during the next two days, and a rise by two to three degrees thereafter is expected," stated an IMD official.
North India is continuing to face cold wave conditions, with Delhi experiencing a minimum temperature below 4 degrees Celsius on Saturday night. The Met Office warns that parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi are likely to witness "dense to very dense" fog until Monday.
(With Agency Inputs)
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