Amritsar was the coldest place in Punjab with a low of 2.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, while Ambala had a low of 5 deg C and Karnal 5.2 deg C. Some places in the region, including Pathankot, Ambala, Chandigarh, Sirsa and Bathinda had fog, mist and haze in the morning reducing visibility to 400 metres.

People in Jammu and Kashmir got some respite from intense cold conditions. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 2 deg C, four degrees above normal. Kupwara had a low of 1.5 deg C, while Kokernag and Pahalgam, both in south Kashmir, had a minimum of minus 1 deg C and minus 0.4 deg C respectively.

The night temperature for the first time during this winter rose above normal in Jammu, winter capital of the state, when mercury touched 9.5 deg C. Temperature improved in Leh also as the minimum was recorded at minus 7 deg C.

The Met department has predicted possibility of snowfall during the next few days. However, there was no no let up in cold condition in high altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh with temperature staying at sub-zero level. In the absence of rain or snow, state capital Shimla had a pleasant weather Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul & Spiti district, remained the coldest place in Himachal Pradesh with a night temperature of minus 9.7 deg C. Kalpa in Kinnaur district had night temperature of minus 4 deg c.

In Rajasthan, Sriganganagar remained the coldest place with a minimum temperature of 5.2 deg C.

Dense fog once again disrupted air, rail and road traffic in the national capital this morning even as the minimum temperature rose marginally to settle at 9.8 deg C. Around 50 domestic and international flights operating from the Indira Gandhi International Airport were delayed, diverted or cancelled as fog started descending on the city late last night. Yesterday, over 200 flights were affected after thick fog enveloped the airport and reduced the visibility to 50 metres.

While seven trains, including the Lucknow Shatabdi Express, were cancelled because of fog, over 60 were behind schedule. A dozen others, including Bhopal Shatabdi Express, were rescheduled. The minimum temperature in Delhi was 9.8 deg C against yesterday's 9.4 deg C.