Overview
- Delhi logged its coldest November in five years with an average minimum of 11.5°C and recorded its season’s lowest daytime high of 24.3°C on Sunday, with the month staying dry.
- Jammu and Kashmir endured the Valley’s coldest November since 2007, with Srinagar at −4.4°C and Pahalgam at −5.6°C, prompting winter vacations for lower classes.
- Mumbai woke to its coldest November morning in over a decade as the Santacruz observatory dipped to 15.7°C, 4.4°C below normal.
- Cyclone Ditwah’s outer circulation kept South India cloudy and cool, with Bengaluru’s coldest day of the year at 21.6°C and Telangana reporting drizzle, single‑digit pockets and rain alerts in some districts.
- The chill broadened beyond metro hubs, with Pune’s minimum plunging to 9.8°C and Chandigarh marking its coldest November nights in 14 years as the season turns toward early‑December fog.