New Delhi: Delhi recorded its lowest temperature of the season on Friday with Safdarjung, the city's official weather observatory posting a minimum temperature of 3.9 degrees Celsius. A dense surface level fog was also seen enveloping the city this morning, which plunged visibility to zero.
According to Meteorological Department data, the mercury dipped three degrees below normal. A cold wave is when the minimum dips to around 2 degree Celsius. A minimum temperature of 3.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at Lodhi Road. These are the lowest temperatures in the respective areas this season, according to IMD. Dense to very dense fog conditions were reported over Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, IMD said in a tweet.
"Very dense fog reported in isolated pockets of Punjab, Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh; Dense fog in isolated pockets over Jammu division, Haryana and East Uttar Pradesh; Moderate fog in isolated pockets over Bihar, West Madhya Pradesh and Assam", IMD said in a tweet. Faced with a severe cold, several homeless people were seen taking refuge in night shelters.
