For morning and evening walkers, winter’s here. And weathermen confirm it.

“The chill has intensified. I have started wearing warm clothes. Pullovers are a must for an evening out,” said Subodh Kumar, a former Tata Steel employee and a resident of Bistupur, who visits Jubilee Park in Jamshedpur regularly for walks.

If residents are feeling the nip in the air, so is the Met department, which signalled complete onset of winter in Jharkhand on Sunday with night temperature readings hovering between 13°C and 14°C in many districts because of favourable wind pattern and plummeting relative humidity.

In Met parlance, the onset of winter means minimum temperatures below 13°Celsius for three consecutive days, a criterion several districts have already clocked.

Kanke, in the outskirts of Ranchi, recorded a minimum temperature of 11.8°C on Sunday, three notches below normal and the Met observatory in Ranchi recorded a night reading of 14°C, a normal.

Bokaro and Ramgarh recorded 12.6°C, four notches below normal, while Palamau headquarters Daltonganj recorded 13.9°C, a notch less than normal.

Dumka and several other places in Santhal Pargana recorded around 14 degrees Celsius and the steel city recorded 16°C on Sunday.

Weathermen said the crisp dry winds from the north have sent the Celsius tumbling.

“Dry north-westerly winds are dominating across Jharkhand and this has resulted in plummeting temperatures. Winter has officially set in,” said S.D. Kotal, the director of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.

Kotal added: “Temperatures will witness a further drop from November 19 as the impact of a western disturbance passing through the north would wane by then.”