New Delhi: As a cold wave continues to grip the national capital, the minimum temperature was recorded at 7 degrees Celcius, on Tuesday as a thick layer of fog shrouded Delhi. Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 7 degrees Celsius and Safdarjung recorded a minimum temperature of 7.8°C said IMD.
The Met department on Monday predicted the conditions to persist over the next few days.
According to PTI, meteorologists on Monday attributed the sharp drop in day temperatures to frigid northwesterly winds barrelling through the plains and reduced sunshine due to foggy weather.
The higher the wind speed during cold weather, the colder it feels on the skin if a person is outside. Delhi clocked a top wind speed of 15 kilometres per hour on Monday.
Biting cold conditions and dense fog were reported in several parts of Punjab and Haryana, with Narnaul being the coldest in the region at 2.4 degrees Celsius.
"Cold Day/Severe Cold Day Conditions very likely in some parts over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West Rajasthan and cold day conditions in isolated pockets over Uttarakhand on 26th and 27th December 2022," IMD had said in a bulletin at 3.30 pm on Monday.
The weather department had also predicted dense to very dense fog in Delhi and nearby regions.
"Due to prevailing light wind and high moisture in lower tropospheric levels, Dense to Very Dense Fog very likely to continue over some parts of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and West Rajasthan during the next 48 hours," the IMD said on Monday.
Delhi on Sunday recorded a minimum temperature of 5.3 degrees celsius. At the same time, most parts of northern India witnessed temperatures between 3 to 7 degrees Celsius, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday.