Overview
- Early-morning drizzle and thick fog swept Delhi-NCR on Friday after an IMD nowcast, with low-visibility procedures activated at IGI Airport while flights operated normally.
- IMD forecast minimum temperatures in the 5–7°C range and maximums near 16–18°C; some agency reports cited a 4.6°C reading at Safdarjung as the season’s lowest.
- The IMD maintained a yellow alert for dense fog and warned that cold and low-visibility conditions will persist for several days across northwest India.
- Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to the very poor category, with citywide AQI readings around 318–325 and numerous stations in the 300s.
- Across North India, the cold tightened its grip, with sub-zero nights in Jammu and Kashmir and the fringes of Srinagar’s Dal Lake freezing, while UP, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh also reported severe chill and fog advisories.