Delhi clocks its coldest November in five years

Delhi logged its coldest November in five years, aided by below-normal minimum temperatures, clocking an average minimum of IL.5 degrees Celsius (CO) up to November 29, according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

- Snehil Sinha

Meanwhile, on Saturday, Delhi logged a minimum temperature of 10.4°C, providing some respite from the cold, given that it was 0.1°C higher than normal and 2.3°C higher than the minimum recorded a day ago. The air quality, however, remained hazardous, in the lower-end of the “very poor” category.

Delhi recorded its lowest temperature in three years on Wednesday, with the minimum plunging to 8°C, three degrees below normal and the lowest reading in November since 2022. The Capital logged a minimum of 7.3°C on November 29, 2022. However, this year, the temperature is yet to fall below the 8°C threshold.

According to the monthly data, the last time Delhi logged a cooler November was in 2020, when the average minimum was 10.3'C. Then, Delhi clocked seven days with temperatures lower than 8’C. The minimum fell to 7.5'C as early as November 15 and the lowest minimum was 6.3°C, on November 23, 2020.

The average minimum November temperatures from 2021 to 2024 were 11.9°C, 12.3°C, 13°Cand 14.7°C, respectively.