Delhi Colder Than Hills: Unusual Cold Wave Grips North India

• North India experiences an unusual meteorological divide: plains are colder than hill stations like Mussoorie and Shimla.
• Amritsar, Churu, Hisar, and Delhi recorded significantly lower minimum temperatures, with Delhi's Safdarjung at 3.2°C.
• IMD attributes warmer hills to cloud cover from a western disturbance, acting as an insulating blanket.
• Cold wave and dense fog are predicted to persist for several days across Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
• The cold snap coincides with an alarmingly dry winter for northwest India, with significant rainfall deficiency.

Why It Matters: An unusual cold wave makes North Indian plains colder than hills due to specific weather patterns and dry winter.