Dehradun, cradled in the Doon Valley’s verdant embrace, awoke to a whisper of winter on December 20, 2025, as temperatures dipped to a refreshing 8.5 degrees Celsius at sunrise, heralding a day of cold mornings yielding to pleasant afternoons with highs reaching 21.2 degrees Celsius under mostly clear skies. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted 85 percent sunshine with shallow fog in isolated pockets during early hours, visibility averaging 500 meters over the Mussoorie hills