LUCKNOW: The minimum temperature in the city dipped to 4.3 degree Celsius — the lowest this winter — as mercury continued to head south for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday.
The state Met department did not offer any hope of relief and predicted that minimum temperature might dip further on Sunday. It might change on Monday or Tuesday as temperature is expected to rise by two to three degrees. Like minimum temperature, which was 4.4 units below normal, the maximum too was 20.2 degree Celsius, four notches below normal on Saturday.
The chill of icy winds made the temperatures feel like 3 and 18 degree Celsius respectively to those stepping out. The winds have been sweeping the state and city for the past few days.
“These winds are bringing chill from snow-capped hills and keeping day temperatures low despite sunlight,” said state Met director JP Gupta.
At the same time, the winds measuring up to 8-10 km/hr are not allowing the fog to sustain for long.
Shallow to moderate fog would occur in morning followed by clear sky on on Sunday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 20 and 3 degrees Celsius respectively.