Cold wave prevailed in the national capital on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, and the lowest temperature ever recorded this season.
New Delhi: The Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official marker for the capital, recorded a minimum temperature of four degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, as a cold wave continued to engulf Delhi on Tuesday.
Cold wave prevailed in the national capital on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, and the lowest temperature ever recorded this season.
Hence, though the mercury level rose marginally, it was still at a lower level as the weather remained chilly in the morning.
According to the India Meteorological Department, the relative humidity in the morning was recorded at 94 per cent.
In the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave when the minimum temperature drops to 4 degree Celsius. A cold wave is also declared when the minimum temperature is 10 °C or less and 4.5 °C below normal.
The maximum temperature in the evening was recorded at 22.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, while the relative humidity was recorded at 58 per cent.
The Met Office has predicted less fog, and the minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to hover around 5 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.
RK Jenamani, a senior IMD scientist, had said on Monday that two “back-to-back” western disturbances and a slowing of cool north-westerly winds from Tuesday night would lead to a rise in minimum temperatures.
Cold wave conditions were observed at isolated places over Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and isolated parts of Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, Saurashtra and Kutch, Vidarbha and Telangana on Tuesday. Went. , said an officer.
On Monday, the maximum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 21 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.
According to CPCB data, Delhi’s air quality index stood at 380 in the morning, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category, which falls in the ‘severe’ category in the late evening.
FacebookTwitterLinkedinE-mail
,