Delhi's temp drops to 1.1 degrees Celsius

Delhi's Safdarjung recorded 1.1 degrees Celsius temperature at 6 am on Friday and dense fog reduced visibility to near zero in many areas of the city. This is the lowest temperature in 14 years; earlier 0.2 degrees Celsius was recorded on January 8, 2006.

New Delhi: With the onset of new year, the capital Delhi broke all the old records of temperatures at 1.1 degree Celsius, according to the information received from the meteorological department. The temperature was 6 degrees below normal, as well as the lowest temperature of this decade. Earlier in 2013, the minimum temperature was recorded at 1.9 degree Celsius.

The city is blanketed with fog with areas including Amar Park, Indralok, Shastri Nagar, Azad Market, Sarairohilla reporting visibility less than 100 meters.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its daily bulletin issued on December 31 at 9.00 pm, said that cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are likely to persist in isolated places over Delhi during next 2 days.

IMD also said that dense to very dense fog is very likely in some pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi during the next 2 days.

"Ground Frost conditions in isolated pockets very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and north Rajasthan during next 24 hours," it said.

Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) also remained between the 'very poor' to 'severe' category on Friday morning.

The national capital's overall AQI stands at 332 said Ministry of Earth Science's System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

An AQI between 0-50 is marked good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101- 200 is moderate, 201- 300 is poor, 301-400 is very poor and 401-500 is considered severe. (ANI)