Cooler nights herald in Delhi winter.WINTER has arrived in the Capital. While the days continue to be sunny and pleasant, the night temperature is dipping every day. The minimum temperature recorded on Saturday night was 13.8 degrees Celsius, which is over 3 degrees below normal. The maximum day temperature on Sunday was 31.4 degrees, one degree below normal. Weather department officials attributed the dip to northwesterly north·west·er·ly adj. 1. Situated toward the northwest. 2. Coming or being from the northwest. north·west winds. The minimum temperatures were markedly below normal in Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir: see Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir State (pop., 2001: 10,143,700), northern India. With an area of 39,146 sq mi (101,387 sq km), it occupies the southern portion of the Kashmir region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent and is and east Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (  `tär prä`dĭsh), state (2001 provisional pop. 166,052,859), 92,804 sq mi (240,363 sq km), N central India. The capital is Lucknow. , appreciably below normal in west Uttar
Pradesh, below normal in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (hĭmä`chəl prədāsh`), state (2001 provisional pop. 6,077,248), 21,629 sq mi (56,019 sq km), NW India, in the W Himalayas, bordered by the Tibet region of China on the east. Shimla is the capital. and east Rajasthan
and normal in the rest of the region.
The lowest minimum temperature in the plains was 8 degrees Celsius, recorded at Sarsawa in Uttar Pradesh. As the mercury dips, officials in Delhi fear it could lead to the spread of a host of viruses and Delhiites run the risk of catching cold or cough. Those prone to respiratory illness Noun 1. respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system respiratory disease, respiratory disorder adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, wet lung, white lung - acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the also need to watch out for viral infections. Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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