Bone-chilling cold in Delhi, maximum temperature settled four notches below normal

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Delhi: It was a bone-chilling cold in the national capital on Wednesday with the maximum temperature settling at 15.7 degrees Celsius, four notches below the normal, the weather department said..

Safdarjung, Delhi's main weather station, recorded a visibility of 200 meters at 8:30 am, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 7.3 degrees Celsius, below the normal for the season's average...

"In Delhi, the temperature is set to hold steady over the next two days, while in some areas it may drop to around 6 or 7.5 degrees Celsius," said Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist and head, Regional Weather Forecasting Centre...

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe"...

December 2023 was the national capital's warmest month in six years, with the city not recording a single 'cold wave day' during the month, the IMD said.. (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.)..

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