In last 71 years the month of November was recorded coldest in the national capital Delhi. The minimum temperature dropped to 10.2 degrees Celsius. According to the Indian Meteorological department recorded a minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees Celsius in November 1949. However normally the mean minimum temperature for the month of November
The month of November was the coldest in the national capital in 71 years, with the mean minimum temperature dropping to 10.2 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department. The mean minimum temperature for November was 9.6 degrees Celsius in 1938; nine degrees Celsius in 1931 and 8.9 degrees Celsius in 1930, according to IMD data.
The mean minimum temperature was 15 degrees Celsius last year, 13.4 degrees Celsius in 2018 and 12.8 degrees Celsius in 2017 and 2016. For the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave when the minimum temperature is 10 degrees Celsius or below and is 4.5 notches less than normal for two consecutive days.
‘However, for small areas such as Delhi, a cold wave can be declared if the criteria is fulfilled even for a day,’ Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, said.
On Monday, Delhi recorded a minimum of 6.9 degrees Celsius. This is the eight day this month that the minimum temperature remained below 10 degrees Celsius. The mean minimum temperature in October this year was 17.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest since 1962, when it was 16.9 degrees Celsius.
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