New Delhi: The day-long growing cold broke Delhi's 22-year record on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The maximum temperature was the lowest since 1997 at 12.2 degrees Celsius. In 1997, it reached 11.3 degrees Celsius. The cold winds blowing from the Western Himalayas have rolled mercury across North India including Delhi-NCR. Most of the plains of UP including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, western Uttar Pradesh were in the grip of such cold. The meteorological department predicts that similar conditions will prevail throughout North India on Wednesday. However, the temperature is expected to rise from Thursday.

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The Meteorological Department says that the cold winds coming from the northwest Himalayas have taken the entire area into JD. In North India, as the fog rose in the early morning, the atmosphere turned into a low cloud in the atmosphere. Due to this, the rays of the sun could not reach the earth. Its direct effect came as a drop in temperature. Where the cold level in Delhi-NCR is falling. The weather in Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, and Chandigarh has been cold. In some areas of these states, there is more outbreak of cold. Even on Wednesday, cold winds will shake entire north India. Due to the rise in temperature on Thursday, Haryana and Punjab along with Delhi-NCR will reduce the cold. However, cold will remain in some areas of western Uttar Pradesh. According to the data released by the Meteorological Department, the temperature dropped to .7 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, it was the coldest day since 1997.

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The maximum temperature has been below twice in the recorded history of the meteorological department. On December 28, 1997, and 1973, the temperature was 11.3 degrees Celsius. Three days of severe cold in Delhi-NCR has increased. These conditions are created when the temperature of the day drops rapidly. The cold wave will come when the night temperature will also drop sharply. At present, the night temperature is 10.4 degrees Celsius above normal. In the coming days, there will also be a decline in it.

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