Noida sees coldest day of December so far, mercury to slip further

Noida: The minimum temperature in Noida went down by over four degrees on Monday to settle at 8.8 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest day this month so far. Monday

Noida: The minimum temperature in Noida went down by over four degrees on Monday to settle at 8.8 degrees Celsius, making it the coldest day this month so far. Monday also marked the third coldest day of the season so far, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

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IMD said that both maximum and minimum temperatures will fall further by a few degrees over the next four days. The humidity is high, but stronger winds will save the region from very dense fog, the weather department said, adding that the fog, however, will be within moderate to dense category over the rest of the week.

“The minimum temperature will hover around 8 degrees Celsius for Noida and adjoining region for the next two days. On December 17 and 18, the minimum temperatures will shrink further as the icy cold north-westerly winds will be stronger and the impact of western disturbance that lead to heavy snowing of the mountains will increase over NCR. So, by 17 and 18th of December, the minimum temperatures may shrink to 6 or 7 degrees Celsius,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head, regional weather forecasting centre, IMD.

On Sunday, Noida had recoded minimum temperature at 13.5 degrees Celsius, and 15.5 degrees Celsius a day earlier.

As per the readings from Noida’s automatic weather station at Sector 62, November 23 and November 22 had been the coldest day of the season so far with a minimum temperature of 8.2 degrees Celsius and 8.7 degrees Celsius, respectively.

The maximum temperature for Noida on Monday was recorded at 17.7 degrees Celsius, against 19.9 degrees a day earlier and 20.1 degrees on Saturday.

For the rest of NCR, the average temperature, based on Safdarjung observatory, was recorded at 8.4 degrees Celsius as minimum and 19.4 degrees Celsius as maximum temperature, IMD said.