Karachi freezes in coldest night of current winter

While the political temperature reached the boiling point, the metropolitan city witnessed the coldest night of the current winter on the night between Saturday and Sunday. The minimum temperature in the city, which is known for its mild winters, sank to 6 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning, while in Karachi's outskirts it dropped to 4.5 degrees Celsius.

The lowest temperature (4.3 degrees Celsius) within the city was recorded at Jinnah Terminal, but overall it did not break the previous cold snap records in the port city which had seen the mercury dropping to 5.6 degrees Celsius in January 2021.

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the coldest winter night of this year was recorded in the city on Sunday. A further decrease was also observed in the maximum temperature of the city. The maximum temperature was recorded at 22.8 degrees Celsius.

The PMD data for Sindh districts, including Karachi, showed that the lowest temperature in Mohenjodaro and Mithi was recorded at 1 degree Celsius; Sukkur (1.5), Choor (1.8), Dadu and Tnadojam (3), Rohri (3.8), Larkana (4), Shaheed Benazirabad and Badin (5), Hyderabad, Thatt and Karachi (6), PAF Base Masroor 7.5 while PAF Base Faisal recorded 8.5 degrees Celsius.

Sindh remains in the grip of a cold wave, according to the forecast of the Early Warning Center. The cold wave may persist till January 17. The province has recorded a decrease in minimum temperature of 1 to 5 degrees.

In Karachi, the mercury can be recorded between 5 to 7 degrees, while in various districts of rural Sindh, it can vary between 1 and 3 degrees. The increase in the severity of the cold was due to the freezing winds blowing from Balochistan.