Overview
- Cold wave conditions persisted with Delhi’s Safdarjung station logging a 4.3°C minimum on Friday, even as daytime highs edged up.
- Dense fog cut visibility across the capital and NCR, with IGI Airport operating under low-visibility procedures and reporting multiple flight delays.
- Delhi’s overall AQI hovered near 350–370 in the ‘very poor’ range, and several stations crossed 400, prompting CAQM to enforce GRAP Stage-III measures across the NCR.
- Noida ordered a two-day closure of schools up to Class 8 on January 16–17 due to poor visibility, with staff required to report as usual.
- IMD and private forecasters project a gradual 2–4°C rise in night temperatures through January 17–20 and warn of another cold spell around January 23–26.