Delhi weather update: Cold wave continues in the city, IMD issues yellow warning, view full forecast here
Delhi weather update: The IMD said cold wave conditions will prevail in Delhi along with other parts of the country including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh in the coming days.
Delhi weather update: The national capital will witness another cold day on Wednesday, as predicted by the IMD, with Delhiites waking up to chilly temperatures around 6 degrees on Wednesday. The cold wave conditions continued as the city witnessed a significant drop in maximum temperature in Safdarjung, down four degrees from the previous day.
IMD has issued a yellow alert
Besides Delhi, the cold wave conditions were also felt in Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram and Ghaziabad. The weather department has also issued code yellow for cold days in parts of Delhi.
#WATCH | Delhi: A thin layer of fog has gripped the city as the cold wave continues.
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The IMD said the cold wave and dense fog will prevail in several parts of north India, including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh, in the coming days.
“The dense fog conditions will be seen at a few places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh and at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and western Rajasthan,” the weather department said.
“Cold day to severe cold day conditions at a few places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Thunderstorm/lightning/hail at isolated places in eastern Rajasthan,” it added.
Light rain expected until January 10
The weather bureau has also forecast another spell of rain with thunderstorms or hail showers in north India and central India (Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh) from January 8 to 10.
As the mercury was in free fall in Uttar Pradesh, people sat around bonfires to soak up the warmth from the crackling flames.
In the national capital, homeless people were seen in government-run night shelters.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi experienced its coldest day this winter on Tuesday, with the minimum temperature dropping to 5.3°C.
Neighboring Uttar Pradesh continued to be colder, with minimum temperatures in Kanpur and Agra dipping below freezing – 1.1 and 1.0°C respectively.
Delhi’s night shelters aim to provide refuge to the homeless, who live on the streets and have nowhere else to go in the cold. The shelters provide blankets, beds, hot water and food to those seeking shelter.
AQI in Delhi-NCR
According to the latest updates from the SAFR, the overall level of the air quality index was in the ‘very poor’ category as of 6am on Wednesday. The weather bureau said the maximum temperature will be around 17 to 19 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will hover around 8 to 9 degrees Celsius during the week.