New Delhi: Winter may have been officially declared in the capital on December 1, but there has been little cause for celebration over the last two days.
Delhi, as well as many other north Indian cities are in the grips of a cold wave with the minimum night temperatures hovering between zero to five degrees.
The temperatures have been reported as several degrees below normal for this time of the year.
On December 1 itself, the minimum temperature was 6.7 degrees Celsius because of a cold wave and a drop in temperature in the states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
In Rajasthan, ground frost also affected crop along Indira Gandhi canal districts of Bikaner, Churu, Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh.
Meanwhile, Pilani recorded a minimum of two degree celsius, followed by Sikar at three, Sriganganagar and Mount Abu at four each Bikaner six, Barmer eight, Jaisalmer nine and Ajmer 10 degree celsius.
People in the state?s capital Jaipur had another cold night as the mercury plunged to 6 degree celsius, one degree less than yesterday's minimum temperature.
The mercury continued to remain at its lowest in Punjab?s Amritsar, which recorded 1.6 degrees Celsius.
Even as the entire region was in the grip of a severe cold wave, the Met office warned of ground frost in many parts of Punjab and Haryana during the next two nights.
In Delhi also, fog and mist has been predicted in the days ahead.
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