Overview
- Delhi’s minimum temperature fell to 12.7°C on Thursday, three degrees below normal, as cold northwesterly winds followed fresh snowfall in the hills.
- Air quality in the capital stood in the ‘poor’ category at an AQI of 278 in the morning, with forecasters warning of possible deterioration to ‘very poor’ through November 6–8.
- The IMD projects a further fall in minimums over the next 48 hours by 3–5°C across northwest India and 2–4°C over central India.
- Yellow alerts are in effect for Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, with forecasts of heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds across several districts.
- Tamil Nadu’s Tirupattur district declared a school holiday due to continuous rain, as Chennai’s RMC and KSNDMC flagged intermittent showers and isolated heavy spells in the coming days.