The minimum temperature in the national capital on Monday was recorded at 3.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal and the lowest temperature so far this season.
New Delhi: The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered the official marker for the capital city, was engulfed in a cold wave in Delhi on Tuesday, recording four degrees Celsius, four notches below normal.
The minimum temperature in the national capital on Monday was recorded at 3.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal and the lowest temperature so far this season.
Although there was a slight increase in the minimum temperature, it was still at a lower level as the weather remained chilly in the morning.
According to the India Meteorological Department, the relative humidity was recorded at 94 per cent.
In the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave when the minimum temperature drops to 4 degree Celsius. Cold wave is also declared when the minimum temperature is 10 degree Celsius or less and 4.5 degree below normal.
The Meteorological Department has forecast light fog for the day and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 21 degrees Celsius.
RK Jenamani, a senior IMD scientist, had said on Monday that two western disturbances and a slowing of cool northwesterly winds from Tuesday night would lead to an increase 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 the officer.
According to CPCB data, Delhi’s air quality index was 380 in the morning, which falls in the very poor category.
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