The minimum temperature was recorded as 3.5 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal making Tuesday the fifth day that cold wave conditions were observed.
Airlines informed passengers that flight schedules at the Delhi Airport might be impacted due to adverse weather conditions caused by dense fog which covered the national capital on Sunday.
The smog tower stopped working after the personnel responsible for its operation 'locked it' due to non-payment of their salaries for December 2023 and no written 'job guarantee' from the Delhi government., Delhi News, Times Now
The average surface wind speed in Delhi in November was 9.8 m/s, the lowest in the last six years, going by the analysis, which identifies this as the “driving factor” for the poor air quality this winter.