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Winter

Drought-like situation

Drought-like situation

Published 25 Jan, 2025 07:01am
EDITORIAL: The Pakistan Meteorological Department’s (PMD’s) warning of a drought-like situation in most parts of...
Pakistan drought dents winter harvest

Pakistan drought dents winter harvest

Updated 23 Jan, 2025 11:12pm
LAHORE: A winter drought is ravaging crops in Pakistan’s breadbasket, farmers said Thursday, with the region parched...
Mercury drops in Quetta

Mercury drops in Quetta

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am
QUETTA: Blowing cold winds in Quetta and other areas of Balochistan on Sunday morning, announcing about upcoming...
Another cold wave likely to hit Karachi in last week of January: report

Another cold wave likely to hit Karachi in last week of January: report

Published 18 Jan, 2021 01:44pm
  • The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted cold and dry weather in the city as minimum temperature recorded at 10.0 ºCelsius.
  • Minimum temperature was recorded -14 Celsius in Skardu, -12 at Gopis, Astore and Leh, -08 at Anantnag, -07 at Bagrote, -06 in Gilgit, Hunza and Srinagar, -05 in Shopian, Parachinar and Ziarat.
Nepali team creates history by scaling K2 in winter

Nepali team creates history by scaling K2 in winter

Updated 16 Jan, 2021 05:59pm
  • The group stopped 10m below the top, and took the final steps together to be on the top simultaneously.
  • K2 was the last of the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks not summited in winter.
Karachi’s mercury drops to 5.8º Celsius as cold wave persists

Karachi’s mercury drops to 5.8º Celsius as cold wave persists

Published 09 Jan, 2021 03:34pm
  • The wind speed may increase in the day, said a statement issued by Met office director.
  • Karachi had recorded its coldest night in last 12 years when the mercury dropped to 5.6°C on the new year night between Thursday and Friday.
Cold wave like to last few more days in Karachi: Met office

Cold wave like to last few more days in Karachi: Met office

Published 05 Jan, 2021 01:58pm
  • The maximum temperature during the day could remain between 24 – 26 ºCelsius in the port city today.
  • Rain-thunderstorm (with snowfall over hills) is expected in Islamabad, upper and central Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.
Karachi’s mercury may drop seven-year low today: Met office

Karachi’s mercury may drop seven-year low today: Met office

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 04:07pm
  • Provincial capital of Sindh had recorded its lowest temperature of 6°C in 2013.
  • As per the Met department, another cold wave is expected to grip the port city in January while it could also rain in the city from January 6-7.
Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold, deaths

Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold, deaths

Published 21 Dec, 2020 05:31pm
  • Tens of thousands of Indian farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on their around-the-clock sit-ins despite cold weather that has already led to some deaths among them.
  • Since late November, when thousands of farmers arrived in trucks and tractors to camp out on the borders of New Delhi, nearly 30 people have died, several of them as a result of freezing weather, farmers said.
Karachi’s mercury likely to drop below 9 degree Celsius

Karachi’s mercury likely to drop below 9 degree Celsius

Updated 19 Dec, 2020 02:14pm
  • Existing cold wave likely to persist for a few more days as winds from east/north continues to blow in the port city.
  • The minimum temperature in Karachi on Sunday (tomorrow) between 07-09 degree Celsius, predicts met office.
Mercury in Karachi is expected to drop further: PMD

Mercury in Karachi is expected to drop further: PMD

Published 15 Dec, 2020 02:38pm
  • The met office said that weather in the city is expected to get colder at night and remain dry during the next 24 hours.
  • Temperature in Quetta was recorded -4 degrees Celsius on Monday.
Karachi’s mercury could drop to 3 degrees this winter

Karachi’s mercury could drop to 3 degrees this winter

Published 09 Dec, 2020 01:55pm
  • “In coming two to three days, Karachi residents will have to take out their jackets and blankets again,” predicts Jawad Memon.
    • Last week, Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) predicted a cold wave is expected to hit Karachi in second week of the month.
Cold wave likely to hit Karachi in next week of December

Cold wave likely to hit Karachi in next week of December

Published 05 Dec, 2020 12:44pm
  • The minimum temperature today in the port city has been recorded 17.5 Celsius as northeastern winds blowing in the city with nine kilometers per hour speed.
  • The PMD stated that temperatures across the country will drastic fall from December 15.
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