At 3.6° Celsius, Delhi records coldest morning of the season

Published on: 13 Jan 2024 at 11:58 AM

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The Fact News Service

New Delhi, January 13

Amid a cold wave, the dense fog engulfed the national capital on Saturday with minimum temperature dropping to the record-breaking 3.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the seasonal average, the India Meteorological Department said.

The city, on Saturday morning, was blanketed by dense to moderate fog with lowest visibility of 300 m at Safdarjung at 7.30 am, while the Palam recorded a visibility of 350 m at 8 am.

According to Indian Railways, 18 trains were running late by hours due to fog and cold wave.

The IMD had said that cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are likely over north India during the next two days while cold day to severe cold day conditions are likely over plains of northwest India in the next three days and abate thereafter.

The IMD also predicted that dense to very dense fog conditions are likely to continue over north India in the next five days.

In its daily bulletin, the weather forecast agency said minimum temperatures are in the range of 3-7 degrees Celsius over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, parts of Uttar Pradesh, south Rajasthan, north Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets of Bihar.