Bengaluru weather: City feels the chill as minimum temperature dips
The Hindu
Bengaluru experiences drop in temperature with minimums around 14-15 °C, shallow fog expected, coldest month in January.
Bengaluru has witnessed a significant drop in temperature. The Meteorological Centre, Bengaluru, in its observation data recorded at 8.30 a.m. on Monday (January 6, 2024) said that the minimum temperature recorded at the Bengaluru city observatory was 15.4 °C. The minimum temperatures recorded at HAL Airport and the Kempegowda International Airport were 14.4 °C and 15.5 °C
“Mainly clear sky. Shallow to moderate fog and mist very likely during early morning hours in some areas. Maximum & Minimum temperatures very likely to be around 28 °C and 14 °C respectively,” stated the local forecast for the city and its neighbourhood issued at 9 a.m. on Monday for the next 24 hours.
For Karnataka, the IMD for the next five days has forecast that the minimum temperature is likely to be 2-4 degrees Celsius below normal over Honnavar, Belagavi, Bidar, Vijayapura, Kalburgi, Haveri, Raichur, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Mandya, Davangere, Chintamani, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban districts.
“No large change in minimum temperature over the remaining districts of the State,” forecast said.
January is the coldest month of the winter season in Bengaluru, which stretches from November to February. The average minimum temperature in Bengaluru for January is 16.1 °C.
The lowest minimum temperature ever recorded in Bengaluru is 7.8 °C which was on January 13, 1884. In recent years, the lowest recorded temperature was 12 °C which was recorded on January 16, 2012.
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