Cold day' conditions gripped the national capital on Tuesday as frosty winds from the Himalayas swept through the plains, according to India Meteorological Department.
The national capital was on Tuesday enveloped in shallow fog and reduced visibility with the maximum temperature settled at 16.1 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal for this time of the year with the citizens shivering in the cold. The maximum temperature dropped five notches below normal at many places in the national capital including Lodhi Road, Palam, Jafarpur and Mayur Vihar, the IMD said.
The minimum temperature in the city settled at 8.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the normal for this time of the year, the IMD noted. At least 21 trains to Delhi were delayed by one-and-a-half to five hours due to the foggy weather, an Indian Railways spokesperson said.
An official at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here said five flights were diverted to Jaipur on Monday night due to bad weather in Delhi.
Delhi's primary weather station Safdarjung observatory recorded 85 percent humidity in the weather at 8:30 AM and 69 percent at 5:30 PM.
The observatories at Ridge, Ayanagar, Najafgarh, Pitampura, Palam, and Lodhi Road recorded the maximum temperature of 15.4 degrees Celsius, 15.9 degrees Celsius, 15.3 degrees Celsius, 16.5 degrees Celsius, 15 degrees Celsius and 15.8 degrees Celsius respectively, according to the data released by Safdarjung observatory.