North India Continues Experiencing Winter Chills, Dal Lake In Srinagar Freezes Partially

The cold wave conditions continued unabated in large parts of north India on Sunday, with Drass in Ladakh reeling at minus 26 degrees Celsius, and Srinagar witnessing its coldest night of the season at minus 4 degrees Celsius, resulting in partial freezing of the Dal Lake. Delhiites woke up to a chilly Sunday morning witch a thick layer of smog as the minimum temperature settled at 8.7 degrees Celsius. The air quality in the national capital remained in the ‘very poor’ category.

According to the weatherman, the calm surface wind condition is likely to continue until Monday with the maximum temperature likely to settle at 24 degrees Celsius. Drass, the second coldest inhabited place in the world, recorded a minimum of minus 26 degrees Celsius against the previous night’s 25.4 degrees Celsius, while the nearby Leh town, also in Ladakh, recorded a low of 16 degrees Celsius.

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