Capital shivers at 4.6° C, season’s lowest

Air quality index worsens yet again with 28 monitoring stations in the city slipping back to ‘very poor’ category

- ADITI RAY CHOWDHURY @New Delhi

THE city’s minimum temperature dropped to the lowest of the season on Friday morning at 4.6 degrees Celsius.

The minimum temperature was about 2.3 degrees Celsius below the seasonal normal, marking the coldest morning of the season.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) noted that the temperature is expected to hover between 5 and 7 degrees Celsius on Saturday. It also forecasted moderate fog at a few places and dense fog at isolated places in the city for Saturday morning.

Some parts of Delhi, including Noida and Gurugram, witnessed rain, making the cold wave conditions stronger for the region. Safdarjung and Lodhi Road recorded trace rainfall during the past 24 hours, while Ayanagar received 0.8 mm of rainfall.