North India faces severe cold wave, but no Christmas snowfall in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla, Srinagar | Weather updates
Hindustan TimesNorth Indian states, including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and parts of Uttar Pradesh, remained gripped by a severe cold wave on Wednesday, but popular tourist spots such as Srinagar and Shimla missed out on the charm of a “white Christmas”. A boatman makes his way through the frozen surface of Dal Lake on a cold morning in Srinagar on December 25, 2024.--) While Srinagar recorded a low of minus 7.3 degrees Celsius, Tabo in the Lahaul and Spiti district was the coldest place in Himachal Pradesh, recording a night temperature of minus 10.6 degrees Celsius. Crowd of people during Winter Carnival in Shimla on Wednesday, Cold wave across north India: Top updates Delhi: The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 22.4 degrees Celsius on Christmas Day, December 25, two notches above the season's average. Gulmarg: In Gulmarg, a tourist resort town known for skiing activities in north Kashmir, recorded the temperature of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, up from minus 7.4 degrees Celsius the previous night.