Oh! The chill is here and November 2020 is as cold as what it was around 10 years back. The temperature dipped and the chill due to cold waves was much stronger than what has been experienced in the past few days.

A dip of 4 degrees was recorded and the minimum temperature went to 8 degrees on Sunday. Prior to this the minimum temperature recorded in 2009 and 2011 was 11 degrees and 19 degrees respectively. The drop this year is certainly a proof that winter season might be much more freezing than what it has been in the past few years. Even the maximum temperature recorded a drop of 0.2 degrees.

The reasons behind the drop in temperature are being assessed. As observed, the monsoons have been quite good this 2020. The lockdown due to covid and ban on fireworks this Diwali season have also resulted in reduction of pollution. Snowing in the mountain regions happened earlier than before, hence this has also resulted in the dip in temperatures.

The minimum temperature is likely to stay between 7 to 9 degrees by the end of this week. The dip may be experienced probably by the 27th of November. Cold waves will blow chilling the masses even more and by December the city might experience an extremely spine chilling winter.