PUNE: Nashik and Pune were among the coldest stations in the plains on Friday where the mercury dipped to 11.8 degrees celsius.Both were the coldest of the cities that India Meteorological Department estimates temperature for in Maharashtra.Bhilwara in Rajasthan and Adilabad in Telangana were the coldest stations in the whole of India on Friday where the night temperature dipped to 8.2 degrees celsius.Other stations like Delhi, Patiala and Ludhiana in North India among others also saw night temperature higher than Pune and Nashik.Minimum temperatures in some stations in North India like Delhi, Patiala, Ambala and Ludhiana were in the range of 12 to over 14 degrees C on Friday.Hill stations like Mahabaleshwar and Madikeri (Coorg) recorded higher night temperatures than Pune and Nashik. Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu recorded the same night temperature.Pune witnessed a two-degree drop in the last 24 hours till Friday morning, from the 13.7 degrees C recorded on November 15 morning. Nashik’s minimum temperature was 13 degrees celsius on November 15, which fell to 11.8 degrees C on Friday.Met department officials said the minimum temperatures were below the normal by 1.6°C to -3°C at most places over Vidarbha and Marathwada, at a few places over Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa and Odisha and at isolated places over east Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, among others.Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist, Skymet Weather Services said chilly northwesterly winds from Jammu & Kashmir have begun to affect many regions in the country. They are flowing from the snow-clad mountains of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, leading to a drop in temperatures.On Friday, stations like Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir recorded 3.4 degrees C as minimum temperature.“The icy cold northwesterly winds are reaching up to north Madhya Maharashtra across Rajasthan. The minimum temperatures dropped in many locations in other parts of the country including stations like Delhi in northwest India recently,” he said.Stations like Pune and Nashik are currently colder than several North Indian stations in the plains because minimum temperatures were on the higher side in some stations in northwest India till November 14, he added.“After November 8, the minimum temperature in Delhi and other northern stations began dropping, but rose by around 7 degrees celsius in the capital by November 14. Thereafter, winds changed direction and are now blowing in the northwest direction bringing temperatures down in several places, including stations in Maharashtra,” he said.

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