Delhi recorded the 7th day of cold wave in the month on Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling at 2.4 degree Celsius, a degree above the 1.4 degree as reported on Monday. In comparison, the minimum temperature in Nainital was lower at 6 degrees Celsius and so was in Mussoorie at 2.5 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the cold wave spell will continue till Thurday while light to moderate rain and a hailstorm with winds gusting up to 50 kilometers per hour is likely to lash northwest India, including Delhi, next week. The IMD said an active Western Disturbance is very likely to affect northwest India from January 21 to January 25. The maximum temperature on Tuesday recorded 19.7 degree Celsius which gave much relief from cold wave in the day Safdarjung had recorded a minimum temperature of 1.1 degree Celsius on January 1, 2021. It logged a minimum of 1.9 degrees Celsius on January 8 this year.