Delhi Records Coldest Day Of Season At 7 Degree Celsius
The maximum temperature was recorded at 18 degrees Celsius, an official from meteorological department said.
Delhi recorded the coldest day of the season on Wednesday, with the minimum temperature settling at 7 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.
The maximum temperature was recorded at 18 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, an official of the meteorological department said.
The humidity levels oscillated between 97 and 61 percent.
The weatherman has forecast partly cloudy skies with severe cold wave in the national capital for Thursday morning with shallow fog in various places. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 19 degrees Celsius.
"Cold day conditions are likely to abate from Thursday onwards and there will be increase in maximum and minimum temperature over Delhi-NCR as western disturbance will start affecting over plains of North West India from Dec. 20," the meteorological department official said.
The air quality of Delhi remained in the 'poor' category and was recorded at 292 at 4 p.m.
An air quality index between 201 and 300 is considered 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and 401-500 'severe', while the AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus' category.
On Tuesday, the maximum temperature in the city settled 10 notches below the season's average at 12.2 degrees Celsius, the second lowest maximum temperature in 27 years, while the minimum temperature was 10.4 degrees Celsius.