As the mercury drops significantly across several parts of the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted cold wave conditions over the north and northwest part of India.

Minimum temperatures are also expected to drop by two to three degrees Celsius in parts of east India and Maharashtra in the next three-four days, the IMD has said.

Here are the top 10 coldest places in India at the moment:

1. Dras (Ladakh): Dras saw an intensely cold night as the minimum temperature was at minus 19.1 degrees Celsius.

2. Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir): The mountain resort of Pahalgam recorded a minimum temperature of minus 8.3 degrees Celsius during the night.

3. Keylong (Himachal Pradesh): The minimum temperature in Keylong was recorded at minus 8 degrees Celsius. Situated 71km north of Manali via the Atal Tunnel, Keylong is one of the coldest areas of Himachal Pradesh

4. Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the season’s coldest night with minus 6 degrees Celsius.

5. Ranichauri (Uttarakhand): In Uttarakhand, Ranichauri recorded the lowest temperature at minus 2.7 degrees Celsius. The night temperature in Mukteshwar stood at 0.2 degrees Celsius, Mussoorie (0.9 degrees Celsius), Pithoragarh (0.9 degree Celsius) and New Tehri (1.4 degrees Celsius).

6. Churu (West Rajasthan): The minimum temperature in Rajasthan’s Churu was recorded at minus 1.1 degrees Celsius.

7. Amritsar (Punjab): In Amritsar, the minimum temperature dropped to 0.7 degrees Celsius.

8. Ganganagar (West Rajasthan): Ganganagar city in west Rajasthan recorded a minimum temperature of 1.1 degrees Celsius.

9. Narnaul (Haryana): Haryana’s Narnaul city recorded a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius last night.

10. Aya Nagar (New Delhi): Aya Nagar was the coldest area in the national capital with a minimum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius