2023 Cold Wave Conditions in India
2023 Cold Wave Conditions in India Many parts of India are currently experiencing cold wave conditions around 7 -8 January 2023. Severe cold wave with dense fog observed in the states like Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh. The IMD had issued a red warning (meaning 'take action') over many regions in northwest and north India. Figure: Observed (top panel) maximum temperature, minimum temperature, and mean temperature and the anomaly (bottom panel) of over India during 7 - 8 January 2023 *Based on Realtime Data [Source: IMD] Figure: Observed minimum temperature anomaly of over India during 5 - 12 January 2023 *Based on Realtime Data [Source: IMD] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The criteria adopted by IMD to define Cold Wave is given below: (A) Cold Wave Cold Wave conditions for plains or hilly regions Cold Wave is considered when the minimum temperature of a station is 10 C or less for plains a