Icy winds grip Delhi

vIndianz.com(27 Dec, 2009) — Cold wave situation further intensified in the capital today as icy winds blew throughout the capital bringing down the minimum temperature to 5.2 degree Celsius, the lowest in the season so far.

delhi-shivers Today’s minimum is three degrees lower than normal for this time of the year and lowest on December 26 in the previous five years, the Met office said.

Yesterday, the minimum was 7.4 degree Celsius whilst on Thursday it was 6.1 degree.

The Met office said northwesterly winds blowing above north India and snowfall in higher reaches of Himachal and Kashmir valley have brought down the temperature in the capital.

A thin layer of fog in addition engulfed the city skyline in the morning plummeting the visibility to 7, 00 meters. However, flight movement was not affected due to the fog.

The temperature in the city had been oscillating among six and 25 degrees Celsius in the last week. The Weatherman has predicted mist in the morning with maximum and minimum expected to linger around 21 and five degrees Celsius correspondingly tomorrow.

In 2008, the lowest minimum of the month was 6.4 degree Celsius recorded on December 26 while in 2007; it was 3.9 degrees on December 29. The record for 2006 was 7.3 degree Celsius on November 29.

The unsurpassed record for minimum temperature was recorded on December 26 of 1945 when the mercury dipped to 1.1 degree Celsius.

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