Delhi records coldest at 1.1 degrees on New Year’s Day in 15 years

NEW DELHI: Parts of North India on Friday continued to experience cold wave conditions. The temperature in the country’s capital- Delhi dropped to 1.1 degrees Celsius-the lowest in 15 years. On January 8, 2006 the city recorded a minimum temperature of 0.2 degrees Celsius.

According to The India Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature in the Capital registered in January last year was 2.4 degrees Celsius.

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The weather department’s bulletin on Friday also predicted cold day conditions and dense fog at isolated places in Delhi, Haryana, and Chandigarh. Light rain may also occur in the national Capital under the influence of the western disturbance from January 3 to January 5.

According to the weather department, a “severe cold day” is registered when the minimum temperature drops to less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is at least 6.4 degrees Celsius below normal. A “cold day” classification is used when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is 4.4 degrees Celsius below normal.

A thick blanket of fog engulfed Haryana and Punjab on Friday morning, affecting visibility in the two states.

The weather department informed that the minimum temperatures in the states hovered below normal.

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