Minimum temperature in Karachi drops to 8°Celsius
- By Web Desk -
- Dec 31, 2020
KARACHI: The minimum temperature was recorded 8°Celsius in the city on Thursday, Pakistan Meteorological Department said in its weather report.
The night between Monday and Tuesday was the year’s coldest night in Karachi as the mercury dropped to as low as 07°Celsius.
Presently northerly/northeastern winds blowing in the city.
Minimum temperature is expected to range between seven and nine degree Celsius this week, according to a weather report. The cold wave gripped the city from the Sunday is expected to continue this week.
According to the weather report the cold wave would subside in a few days with the entry of a new weather system in the country.
Cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. However very cold weather is expected in Upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, north Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Fog is likely to prevail in Plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh.
The minimum temperature today recorded minus 12 Celsius in Astore and Leh, minus 11 in Gopis and Skardu, minus 10 in Kalam, minus 08 in Hunza, minus 07 in Quetta and Bagrote, minus 06 in Gilgit, minus 05 Parachinar, Dalbandin and Zhob and minus 04 at Malamjabba, Kalat and Rawlakot.