Meanwhile, the air quality in the national capital too took a plunge and was reported very poor by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).
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Delhi s minimum temperature dips to 7 deg C
Delhi s minimum temperature was recorded at seven degrees Celsius on Monday and is likely to drop further as cold winds from the snow-clad western Himalayas continued to sweep the plains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The mercury is likely to drop to five to six degrees Celsius by January 14, an IMD official said.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum temperature of seven degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature on Sunday was 16.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal.
Delhi has registered above-normal minimum temperatures since January 3 as a cloud cover persisted over the city under the influence of successive western disturbances.
Updated Jan 11, 2021 | 16:05 IST
The minimum temperature is likely to fall by 2-4 degrees Celsius in northwest India, IMD said on January 11, 2021. Representational Image | Photo Credit: IANS
New Delhi: The cold wave conditions are expected to continue in northwest India. Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, northwest Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan are likely to experience cold conditions for the next 3-4 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
The minimum temperature is likely to fall by 2-4 degrees Celsius in the above-mentioned regions. The sudden dip in temperature is expected due to the prevalence of dry north/northwesterly winds.
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Delhi s minimum temperature dips to 9.6 deg C
Delhi s minimum temperature dropped to 9.6 degrees Celsius on Friday, a day after it rose to 14.4 degrees Celsius, the highest in January in four years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). A cloud cover persisted over the national capital, preventing a steep decline in the minimum temperature, an IMD official said.
Clouds trap some of the outgoing infrared radiation and radiate it back downward, warming the ground.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum temperature of 9.6 degrees Celsius as against 14.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday.
Delhi witnessed rainfall for four consecutive days till Wednesday under the influence of a strong western disturbance affecting northwest India.
Thereafter, Delhi s minimum temperature is likely to dip by four to five notches with the commencement of northwesterly winds from snow-capped mountains towards the plains.