Delhi on Friday woke up with continuous light rain in some regions which lead to a drop in mercury, bringing the minimum temperature down to 9 degrees Celsius.
A day after Delhi witnessed a warm winter Sunday, the national capital is expected to receive light rains on Monday, while the air quality plunged to the 'very poor' category as light prevailed in the morning.
India is witnessing a chilly New Year with the hills of North India receiving a fresh spell of rain and snow. The national capital, which recorded the lowest maximum of the century on December 30, is predicted to get light to moderate rainfall because of the effect of an active western disturbance.
Absence of a strong western disturbance for the past 10 days, which could have disrupted the direction of icy winds coming to the national capital from the hills, resulted in Delhi experiencing its second-coldest December in over a century, weather experts say.
Delhi and adjoining areas including the hills of the North and the plains along the river Ganga continue to shiver under intense cold wave. Some scientists say this is the coldest winter in 118 years.
As Delhiites face one of the coldest winters in over 100 years, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rains and thundershower in the capital between December 31 and January 3.
The India Meteorological Department has issued code red warning for the cold wave conditions for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and amber-colour warning for Madhya Pradesh for Sunday. The cold wave was not expected to relent until the New Year.
Not just Delhi, but neighbouring Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurugram were also under the grip of severe cold wave. The weather office said cold severe cold day conditions will continue in the city till December 28, along with dense to very dense fog in night and morning hours.
The national capital on Thursday recorded a minimum of 5.2 degrees Celsius, the season's lowest, as dense fog prevented sunlight from heating the ground, officials said.
Severe cold conditions gripped Delhi on Tuesday, with the minimum temperature settling at 10.4 degrees Celsius. A MeT department official said 'severe cold day conditions' prevailed in many parts of the city.
Met department has predicted that the cold weather conditions are most likely to worsen in the coming days.
The fresh orders were announced after mercury took a dip on Sunday following early showers.
As the national capital reels under rains and gusty winds brought on by weather anomalies, North India shivers after a thick blanket of snow covered most of the upper reaches.
The night shelters, locally called 'raine baseras', are run by the state government, where the homeless can spend the cold nights.
The MeT office has forecast mainly clear skies with the possibility of shallow fog in the morning for Thursday.
At least nine trains were cancelled and 26 were delayed due to fog in several parts of northern India, while two trains were rescheduled.
New Delhi: It was a rainy morning here Friday. The Met office has forecast a cloudy day with the possibility of more rainfall.Over 45 trains were delayed due to the moderate overnight fog.According to the
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