Dense fog continued to cover Delhi-NCR on Friday after minimum temperatures witnessed a dip in the region. The national capital experienced severe cold day conditions on the previous day, with temperatures falling by 6 degree Celsius.
Dense fog continued to cover Delhi-NCR on Friday as minimum temperatures witnessed a dip in the region. The national capital experienced severe cold day conditions on Thursday, with temperatures falling by 6 degree Celsius, according to the Safdarjung weather station.
Due to foggy conditions, 22 trains to Delhi from various parts of the country were delayed today, according to the Indian Railways.
In other parts of north India such as Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, and East Rajasthan, dense to very dense fog conditions are likely to persist for several hours during the night and morning till January 6. Isolated pockets may experience these conditions on January 7, followed by dense fog in scattered areas for the next two days.
On Thursday, cold day to severe cold day conditions occurred in many places over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, West Rajasthan, and West Madhya Pradesh, and in isolated pockets over East Rajasthan and East Madhya Pradesh.
In the national capital, the mercury touched a maximum of 12.5 degrees Celsius — 6.8 degrees below normal — at the Safdarjung observatory on Thursday.
The minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to rise by 2-4 degrees from Sunday onwards under the influence of warm and moist southwesterly winds, the weather office said.