Delhi's cold conditions to continue today, says the weatherman
According to the Met department, the dip in temperature also led to very poor air quality in the city.
Delhi woke up to a cold morning on Friday with city recording minimum temperature at 4.7 degrees Celsius, three notches below average. According to the Met department, the dip in temperature also led to very poor air quality in the city.
As per the data available with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi continued to breathe 'very poor' air with air quality index being 390. The major air pollutants were PM 2.5 and PM 10. The weather department has predicted the cold wave in the national capital to last till Saturday.. Temperatures across northwest India have been plummeting, India Meteorological Department officials said. Neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan are also experiencing biting cold.
"The sky will remain clear through the day. There was mist and shallow fog in the morning," the IMD officials said. The maximum temperature was likely to hover around 22 degrees Celsius.
The humidity at 8.30 am was 89 per cent — a condition not favourable for dispersal of pollutants.