This week, fresh snowfall in Jammu region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and other Himalayan states led to lower temperatures – not just in the hills, but also in the plains that lie at the foothills.
The precipitation (rainfall + snowfall) in these regions is more than 60% higher than what is expected at this time of the year.
This week is likely to be tough too, with fog and cold warnings issued for places in Uttarakhand, western Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, and a few other states.
Image credit: All Himachal images by Swasti Sharma’s relatives, Images from Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh – Clicked by Satyadev Singh, shared by our Empower Journalist Ananya Singh, all India maps from imd.gov.in
Shimla 
Arsu village 
Arsu village 
Shimla 
Shimla 
Shimla 
Warning pan India: Green means no warning, yellow means fog and wait and watch, orange means alert for cold weather 
Rainfall information last 24 hours – Dark blue indicates more than 60% higher than average rainfall. light blue means 20-59% higher rainfall than normal, Green is normal, red is deficient rainfall, and yellow is severely deficient rainfall 
Cumulative rainfall since Jan 1, 2022: Dark blue means > 60% more rainfall than normal, light blue means 20-59% more rainfall than normal, green means normal, red means mildly deficient rainfall, and yellow means severely deficient rainfall compared to normal at this time of year 
Snowman – Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Clearing the Snow – Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh 
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh