Mercury falls to season’s low of 8.9°C as winter chill envelops city
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s mercury dipped below 9 degree Celsius (°C) on Monday for the first time this season.
The Capital recorded a minimum temperature of 8.9°C — three degrees below normal and the lowest so far this season.
According to the weather department, the minimum temperature is expected to stay below 10°C until Sunday at least, as cold northwesterly winds continue to envelop the region.
Delhi also recorded a maximum temperature of 27.3°C, which is one degree below normal for this time of the year. This is forecast to drop to 26°C by
Wednesday.
Delhi’s minimum temperature first fell below the 10-degree mark this season on Friday, when the
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mercury hit 9.6°C. It dropped to 9°C on Saturday, and has stayed under 10°C for four days now.
Met officials said that until cold northwesterly winds stop blowing towards Delhi, there will be no rise in minimum temperature. “There will be a further temperature dip towards the end of the month,” said a Met official.
Forecasts by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) show that the minimum temperature will be close to the 9-degree mark on Tuesday and Wednesday, and will hover around 8°C on Thursday and Friday.
Last November, Delhi’s lowest minimum temperature was 9.2°C, which was recorded on November 24. In 2020, it fell to 6.3°C (November 23).
In 2019, the lowest minimum temperature was 11.4°C on November 20, while it was 10.5°C on November 8, 2018.