Overview
- Delhi’s minimum fell to 12.7°C on Thursday, three degrees below normal and down from 18.4°C a day earlier, marking the season’s lowest so far.
- Forecasts indicate nights holding near 12–14°C through the weekend, with daytime highs around 27–30°C.
- Cold northwesterly winds now in effect are linked to recent mountain snowfall, reinforcing the night-time chill across the plains.
- Air quality stood in the ‘poor’ category at 278 at 9 a.m. Thursday after windier conditions earlier in the week improved levels from ‘very poor’.
- IMD officials advised early commuters to dress warmly, as Delhi intensified dust-control directives, and the agency expects no unusually harsh winter this month.