NEW DELHI: The capital woke up to a bitterly bloodless Saturday morning with the mercury plummeting to two.6°C - the lowest temperature this season and also the lowest recorded in December since 2013. Five years ago, on December 30, the temperature had fallen to two°C.
The cold-wave condition is prone to proceed for at least two more days with the minimal predicted at 2°C on Sunday. Saturday's minimal of 2.6°C - the similar temperature was recorded on December 28, 2014 - was four notches below commonplace and the utmost, at 20°C, a point below commonplace. Sunday's forecast displays a maximum of 21°C.
Moderate to dense fog is predicted in on Sunday morning because of moist air from the Indo-Gangetic Plain blowing over Delhi. The humidity oscillated between 60 and 85% on Saturday. Gurgaon recorded at least 2°C on Friday, the fifth time in the closing 15 days that the mercury has gone below the 3-degree mark. The coldest day this iciness was December 22 (1.4°C), adopted via December 27 (1.five°C). Other days of sub-3 diploma mercury were December 21 (2.4°C), December 24 (2.7°C) and December 23 (3.7°C).
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air remained “very deficient” on Saturday with the air quality index at 385, a marginal growth from Friday’s 392. Other cities in the NCR, too, witnessed a highly polluted day. Ghaziabad had the foulest air with the AQI studying at 404.
The cold-wave condition is prone to proceed for at least two more days with the minimal predicted at 2°C on Sunday. Saturday's minimal of 2.6°C - the similar temperature was recorded on December 28, 2014 - was four notches below commonplace and the utmost, at 20°C, a point below commonplace. Sunday's forecast displays a maximum of 21°C.
Moderate to dense fog is predicted in on Sunday morning because of moist air from the Indo-Gangetic Plain blowing over Delhi. The humidity oscillated between 60 and 85% on Saturday. Gurgaon recorded at least 2°C on Friday, the fifth time in the closing 15 days that the mercury has gone below the 3-degree mark. The coldest day this iciness was December 22 (1.4°C), adopted via December 27 (1.five°C). Other days of sub-3 diploma mercury were December 21 (2.4°C), December 24 (2.7°C) and December 23 (3.7°C).
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air remained “very deficient” on Saturday with the air quality index at 385, a marginal growth from Friday’s 392. Other cities in the NCR, too, witnessed a highly polluted day. Ghaziabad had the foulest air with the AQI studying at 404.
Delhi: At 2.6°C, Sat was coldest Dec day in 5 yrs
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December 30, 2018
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