Overview
- IMD says very dense fog will persist, with orange alerts in place for Bihar through December 26, Assam and Meghalaya through December 27, Uttar Pradesh through December 29, and Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh through December 30.
- Minimum temperatures over northwest India are forecast to drop by 2–4°C in the next two days, with isolated cold-wave pockets likely December 25–27 and cold day to severe cold day conditions expected in Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim December 26–28.
- Delhi NCR is forecast to see shallow to moderate morning fog through December 28, with minimums projected to fall to 5–9°C by the weekend.
- The IMD issued an orange alert in Bihar for dense to very dense fog and cold-day conditions, as lows fell to 7.4°C at Aurangabad and Sabour and below 10°C in several other districts.
- Local extremes underscore the severity, with Fatehpur in Rajasthan at 1.6°C, Darjeeling at 4.5°C and Kolkata at a season-low 13.7°C, while Pakistan’s PMD projects cold, dry weather with patchy fog in plains and freezing conditions in northern areas.