A chilly, foggy and rainy morning marked the first day of the year – 2026 – in the Pink City on Thursday even as the New-Year revellers in many Rajasthan cities had to brave a shivery December 31 yesterday.
Despite overcast sky in several towns, including the state capital, causing marked rise in the minimum temperatures, light drizzle to moderate downpour coupled with thick fog intensified winter chill in most of the major cities.
Bikaner and several other western towns received light to moderate rainfall of up to 3 ML in the past 24 hours, several pockets in the desert city of Bikaner also reported hailstorm. On the other hand, most parts of eastern Rajasthan, including Jaipur, remained enveloped in dense to extremely dense fog, while mild drizzling to light rains contributed to deepening the weather woes leaving people shivering even during the day.
Alwar, at 8.0 degrees Celsius, remained the coldest place in the eastern state and Sirohi (8.6 degrees C), Bikaner and Jaisalmer (9.6 degrees C) were the coldest among western towns.
Despite a general rise in night temperature at all most all places during the past 24 hours, six cities – Alwar, Sirohi, Chittorgarh, Banasthali, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer – recorded the night temperatures at below 10 degrees C. Jaipur recorded 12.0 degrees Celsius.
The regional Meteorological office has forecast light drizzle and foggy weather to prevail during the next 48 hours.