Tag: Climate

Foggy, cold Saturday morning in Delhi

It was a foggy and cold Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 7 degrees Celsius, a notch below the average for this time of the season, the weather office said. "The sky will remain partly cloudy in the day ahead," an official of the India Meteorological Department said. The...

January 21, 2017

Winter chill intensifies in UP, thunder showers expected

The winter chill in Uttar Pradesh aggravated on Saturday due to rainfall at some places, the meteorological department said. More thunder showers along with dense fog is expected to follow. According to the Met office, the visibility dropped to below 10 metres at some places, and snowfall in hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and...

January 7, 2017

Cold wave in Lucknow forces schools to shut down

All schools up to eighth standard have been closed in the Uttar Pradesh capital till January 10, owing to extreme cold wave condition, an official said on Friday. The decision was communicated to the management of all schools, he added. At many schools the winter vacations was extended. Meanwhile, the MET office has warned of...

January 6, 2017