India – Lowest temperature in 132 years

Mandikeri registered its lowest temperature in 132 years, dropping to 4.8C.

Meanwhile, while at 7.7C, Mysore recorded its coldest day in 120 years.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/South-shivers-7-die-in-AP-Karnataka-coldest-in-100-yrs/articleshow/11532318.cms

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In Utter Pradesh, the bitter chill claimed six more lives, taking the country-wide toll to 165 this winter.

In the national capital, it was yet another chilly day with the minimum settling at 5.3 deg C while the maximum was recorded at 18.7 degrees, both the readings being two notches below the normal level, the MeT office said.

Najibabad recorded a low of two deg C.

In Kashmir Valley, Kargil town in Ladakh temperature dropped to minus 19.6C.

Leh town, also in Ladakh region, fell to minus 18.2 deg C, while Gulmarg ski resort in north Kashmir dropped to a low of minus 16.5 degrees, the weather office said.

Summer capital Srinagar continued to remain in the grip of intense cold as the night temperature dipped to minus 3.6C.

Adampur in Jalandhar remained the coldest place in Punjab at a shivering 0.4 degree Celsius.

Similarly, mercury in Amritsar and Narnaul dipped by up to four degrees below normal with minimum temperatures of 1.5 deg C each.

Chandigarh had a low of 4.8 deg C, while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded a minimum of 3.9 deg C and five degrees respectively, three degrees below normal.

Ambala, Karnal and Rohtak in Haryana recorded lows of 4.9 deg C, three deg C and 4.1 deg C respectively, plummeting by up to three notches, the MeT Dept said.

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-severe-cold-conditions-persist-165-dead-2748301.html

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