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Photos: Early winter in Northwest India as mercury drops
Updated On Nov 22, 2020 06:01 pm IST
The onset of winter, which usually takes place around mid-December, seems to be happening earlier this year due to the influence of back-to-back western disturbances. Northwest India recorded 220% excess rain in the week ending November 18 due to the influence of the western disturbance. Winter has arrived in many parts of northwest India with the minimum temperature dipping below 5 degrees Celsius below normal in several cities. Snowfall is likely to continue in the hills and temperatures are expected to fall further.
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Commuters ride along Mall Road with winter warmers in Patiala on November 20. According to scientists, winter has arrived in many parts of northwest India, both in the hills and the northern plains, with the minimum temperature dipping 5 degrees Celsius below normal in several cities, HT reported. (Bharat Bhushan / HT Photo)
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A view of snow-capped Gulmarg on November 19. On November 20, Gulmarg recorded a minimum temperature of -7 degrees Celsius, 5.5 degrees below normal. In Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), the minimum temperature was 3 degrees Celsius, 6.4 degrees below normal, HT reported. (ANI)
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Commuters seen wearing warm clothes on a cold winter morning in Gurugram on November 20. In the plains, towns such as Hisar in Haryana, Churu in Rajasthan and Adampur in Punjab, too, recorded minimum temperatures that were 4-5 degrees below normal on November 20. (PTI)
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A woman lights a fire to warm herself on a cold day in New Delhi on November 21. Delhi on November 22 recorded a minimum temperature of 6.9 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous November record of 7.3 degrees Celsius witnessed in 2006, HT reported citing India Meteorological Department (IMD) recordings. (ANI)
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Women wearing warm clothes walk along the platform at Mohamadpur Railway Station near Dwarka in New Delhi on November 22. A cold wave is likely to prevail in isolated pockets of northwest India between November 20 and 26. A cold wave is declared when minimum temperature is under 10 degrees Celsius and the departure from normal is 4.5 degrees Celsius for more than a day, HT reported. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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Tourists seen at Kufri after a fresh spell of snowfall in Shimla on November 20. According to scientists, the onset of winter, which usually takes place around mid-December, seems to be happening earlier due to the influence of back-to-back western disturbances, HT reported. (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)
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Migratory birds fly over Yamuna river in New Delhi on November 22. “Winter months are January and February but normally cold is felt in December when both maximum and minimum temperatures are under 22 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius respectively,” Kuldeep Shrivastava, head, regional weather forecasting centre told HT. (Atul Yadav / PTI)
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