KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Valley on Wednesday experienced the coldest day so far this winter season with the minimum temperature recorded at 2.9 degrees Celsius.
On Tuesday, the mercury dipped to 3.2 degrees Celsius.
According to a meteorologist at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Bibhuti Pokharel, mercury continues to fall with each passing day this winter.
The temperature will keep fluctuating for few more days, Pokharel said.
The mercury will continue to decrease if it is cloudy at night.
Meanwhile, the temperature has declined in various districts of the Terai lately.
Cold waves and fog are hitting hard the people in Terai, especially the children and elderly.
Likewise, according to the latest statistic of the Department, the lowest temperature recorded on Wednesday was minus 6.5 degrees Celsius in Jumla.
The minimum temperature in Dipayal was 4.7 degrees Celsius, 3.5 degrees Celsius in Dang, 8.5 degrees Celsius in Pokhara, 6.5 degrees Celsius in Simara, 6.5 degrees Celsius in Dhankuta and 4.0 degrees Celsius in Okhaldhunga.
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