The minimum temperature settled at 8.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday
The peak power demand of Delhi in the last winter season was 5,343 MW on January 1, 2020
As the minimum temperature in Delhi dropped to 10 degrees Celsius, the season's lowest so far, the IMD said it will declare a cold wave in the city if the situation persists for another day
The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning, the lowest this season so far, according to the India Meteorological Department
The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the lowest in October in 26 years, according to the India Meteorological Department
In an advisory, the IMD said the heavy rainfall can cause water logging in low-lying areas and roads
The temperature will remain around 18-19 degrees for 3-4 days, IMD said
The maximum temperature in the national capital will hover around 16 degrees Celsius.
On Tuesday also the pollution level of the national capital remained in the 'severe' category
As many as 34 trains are running late due to low visibility in the Northern Railway region
The factors responsible for such a cold December are a 'very long spell' of icy winds and a layer of fog lingering over vast swathes of the northern plains for 10-12 days
The temperature recorded by the Safdurjung laboratory at 2:30 pm was 9.4 degrees Celsius
Dense fog was also witnessed near Kalindi Kunj, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, RK Puram, Delhi cantonment area and other places of the national capital.
With a numbing cold continuing to sweep Delhi-NCR, the region is expected to record its second-coldest December since 1901
"The mean maximum temperature for December was less than 20 degrees Celsius only in 1919, 1929, 1961 and 1997," an official of the India Meteorological Department said
The city recorded the maximum of 17 cold days in December 1997
A "severe cold day" is when the maximum temperature is at least 6.5 degrees Celsius below the normal
Moderate snowfall began in most parts of Kashmir Friday afternoon and is expected to continue till Saturday
The cold wave sweeping the northern states tightened its grip on Wednesday with Delhi and other major cities recording lowest temperatures of the season and fog cover in isolated places in Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana. The national capital recorded the coldest day of the season, with the minimum temperature settling at 7 degrees Celsius, a notch below the normal. The maximum was recorded at 18 degrees Celsius, five notches below the normal, and the humidity levels oscillated between 97 and 61 per cent, the Meteorological Department said. Schools in neighbouring Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar were ordered to remain closed on Thursday and Friday due to the cold weather. The weatherman forecast partly cloudy skies with severe cold wave in the city for Thursday morning with shallow fog in various places. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 19 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature in Chandigarh was recorded at 11.3 degrees Celsius, which was lower ..
Delhi, which received 33.5 millimetres of rain since Thursday, recorded a minimum temperature of 12.8 degrees Celsius