Ahead of Deepawali, the mercury has started dipping in Dehradun and other places in the plain districts of the state. While in the mountainous parts, the maximum and minimum temperatures are around 20 degrees Celsius and 6 degrees Celsius respectively. The minimum is 13 degree Celsius in Dehradun.
Though the days are still comparatively hot things are turning cooler by the time the sun sets. Some in Dehradun are being found wearing the woolens by way of welcoming the winter.
However, the Met officials say that the people of Dehradun would have to wait till December to get the real feel of winter. Mercury plummeting to 6 degree Celsius during the night hours in the hilly regions, the people are there bracing up for a long winter. Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were 30.8ºC (one degree above the normal) and 13.0ºC Celsius (three degree Celsius above the normal) in Dehradun respectively on Tuesday.
Maximum temperature coming down to around 20 degrees Celsius in places like Mussoorie, Tehri, Muketeshwar and Nainital, people are in the thick of winter.
Urvashi Singh, a resident of Dalanwala, said, “Winter season has started but we are not feeling the cold in the real sense. We are using chadars while sleeping. During morning hours, we feel cold and cover our body with blanket. However, the day is still hot here.” According to Singh, the winter in the state spans over two months- January and February. Three months from October to December are marked as post- monsoon season, he added.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Wednesday is mainly clear to partly cloudy sky. Dry weather would prevail in the state. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is mainly clear sky.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30ºC and 13ºC respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday. The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 30.8ºC and 13.8ºC Celsius in Dehradun respectively while it was 20.0ºC (one degree above the normal) and 7.4ºC (normal in Mukteshwar, 21.6ºC and 9.2ºC in Tehri and 30.5ºC and 13.4ºC in Pantnagar on Tuesday.