- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
In Kashmir, the fall in the mercury led to the freezing of water supply lines as a thin layer of ice covered the surface of several water bodies including the Dal Lake
By: India Weekly
SEVERAL parts of north India continued to be in the grip of intense cold wave conditions on Thursday with minimum temperatures settling several degrees below the freezing point in some cities of Kashmir valley.
Weather was mostly dry across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the last 24 hours.
Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan experienced severe cold wave conditions with mercury falling several notches below normal.
Officials said there is a possibility of light snowfall over the higher reaches of Kashmir on Friday and Saturday as a western disturbance is set to impact the region.
In Kashmir, the fall in the mercury led to the freezing of water supply lines as a thin layer of ice covered the surface of several water bodies including the Dal Lake.
In Himachal Pradesh, the higher and middle hills will be receiving fresh snowfall from December 27 onwards, officials said.
According to the state’s Meteorological Department, light to moderate snowfall in mid and high hills of the state are very likely to occur on December 27, 28 and 29.
Shimla, the state’s capital, recorded 14.8 degrees C maximum temperature while Kufri, a popular excursion point near Shimla recorded 9.8 degrees C maximum temperature.
Uttarakhand capital Dehradun recorded a maximum temperature of 24.6 degree C, which is around 4 degrees more than the normal for this time of the year, the MeT office here said.
Punjab and Haryana continue to be in the grip of severe cold conditions. Several places in the two states reeled under severe cold conditions on Thursday, with the common capital of the two states, Chandigarh, recording a low of 7.3 degrees Celsius, MeT officials said.
After a day of dense fog in many parts, Rajasthan could see some rain and hailstorms from Thursday onwards as the state continues to reel under severe cold.
Due to a new western disturbance from Thursday, light to moderate rain is likely to occur in some parts of Udaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Jaipur, Bharatpur and Bikaner divisions, according to the Meteorological Centre in Jaipur.
The lowest minimum in Rajasthan was recorded at 3.8 degrees C in Fatehpur (Sikar), 5 degrees C in Churu and 5.7 degrees C in Pilani. (PTI)
