Annual climate summary 2018
Climate over India during 2018 was significantly warm in respect of temperature. The annual mean temperature for the country this year was +0.40°C above the 1981-2010 average, thus making the year 2018
Cold Waves
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A Tale of Five Cities: Heat Waves, Cold Spells and Mortality Risk in Urban India
Hyderabad, Mumbai and Shimla spanning 2005 - 2012. We developed Poisson regression models to study ‘the main temperature effect’ as well as ‘additional impacts’ of sustained high and low temperatures (i.e.
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Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir valley
Cold wave today tightened its grip over Kashmir valley and Ladakh region where the minimum temperatures dipped several degrees below the freezing point. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a drop of over three degrees in the minimum temperature as the mercury settled at a low of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius last night, compared to 0.3 degrees Celsius the previous night.
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Cold wave continues in Valley
Cold conditions continued in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region as the minimum temperature in most parts dropped by several degrees with the mercury in Kargil town settling 23 degrees below the freezing
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Cold wave tightens grip across state
The piercing cold wave tightened its grip in the state as the minimum temperature dropped by a few notches following another spell of moderate snowfall in high-altitude tribal areas and scattered rains
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Marginal relief from cold wave in state
Biting cold wave conditions abated in the state as the minimum temperature increased by a few notches and the weather remained dry due to overcast skies. Higher reaches in tribal areas of Keylong, Udaipur and Kalpa had recorded 2 cm of fresh snow.
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Two freeze to death in biting cold
Two persons froze to death owing to biting cold triggered by snowfall in Sankhuwasabha today. According to Inspector Yamnath Adhikary of Sankhuwasabha District Police Office, two persons succumbed
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ठंड से तीन दर्जन की मौत
लखनऊ। हाड़ कंपा देने वाली ठंड और बारिश ने गुरुवार को प्रदेश में लगभग तीन दर्जन लोंगो की जान ले ली। दिन भर बादलों की लुकाछिपी और बारिश ने जन जीवन को पूरी तरह से प्रभावित कर दिया। कहीं कहीं ओले गिरने से फसल
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Intense cold wave continues to prevail in state
The piercing cold wave conditions continue unabated in most parts of the state while an avalanche threat looms large over the high-altitude tribal areas following intermittent snowfall in the higher reaches
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Cold wave takes a toll on newborns, many kids suffer from hypothermia
Jaipur: The plummeting mercury level is affecting the health of newborn babies, who are vulnerable to hypothermia. The child specialists and hospitals in the city are receiving infants with low body temperature. Doctors also claimed that the underweight and malnourished infants and newborns are more susceptible to hypothermia since the temperature in state frequently dips below 10 degrees Celsius.
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Cold wave covers north India, but spares Bihar
Cold wave conditions continued in much of north India on Tuesday, with some places even in the plains of Punjab recording near-zero minimum temperature. Dense fog hit vehicular traffic in many places,