It’s 1.1 at few Delhi spots, season’s lowest so far

New Year brought teeth-chattering cold to some areas of the national capital, as the mercury plunged to 1.1 degree Celsius in these places — the lowest this season so far, the India Meteorological Department’s data showed on Friday.

According to the head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, Kuldeep Srivastava, very dense fog lowered the visibility to zero metres in Delhi early morning. Foggy weather is again predicted for January 7.

Earlier, the city had recorded a minimum of 0.2 degree Celsius in January 2006, according to the IMD.

The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum of 1.1 degrees Celsius while Lodhi Road weather station logged 1.4 degrees Celsius; though Ayanagar recorded 4 degrees Celsius, and it was 4.1 at Palam and 5.2 on the Ridge.

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