With a minimum temperature of only 4.9 degrees, Delhi is colder than Shimla today
New Delhi: This morning was the coldest day of the season when the lowest temperature in the nation’s capital fell below five degrees. The New Delhi-Safdarjung monitoring station of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded a low temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius.
As of right now, Delhi is colder than Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, where the lowest temperature was 6.8 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature recorded in Delhi yesterday was 24.1 degrees, and estimates indicate that it will likely remain in the 24-degree range. Today’s high temperature in Shimla is predicted to reach 15 degrees.
The lowest minimum temperature of the winter season this year was recorded in Delhi yesterday, at 6.2 degrees. For the last several days, the nation’s capital has been experiencing below-average temperatures. The lowest temperature was 7.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, 6.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, and 6.5 degrees Celsius on Monday.
This morning, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was above 250, placing the air quality in Delhi’s several monitoring sites in the ‘Very Unhealthy’ category. Anand Vihar in the nation’s capital had an AQI of 475, indicating “hazardous” air quality. At nine in the morning yesterday, the overall AQI was 358 (‘extremely bad’).
This morning, fog covered parts of north and northeast India, making visibility difficult. According to the IMD, isolated patches of very thick fog were seen across Punjab. At 5:30 this morning, there was shallow to moderate fog in a few isolated areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura.
