New Delhi: Delhiites experienced a chilly
morning on Tuesday with mercury plummeting to the season's lowest
of 6.4 degree Celsius due to snowfall in upper reaches of
Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir valley.
Today's minimum is two degrees below normal for this
time of the year. Yesterday, the minimum was 7.4 degree
Celsius while Sunday it was 8.4 degree.
"The snowfall in higher in upper reaches of Himachal
and Kashmir has brought down the temperature," a Met official
said. The city was swept by icy winds early in the morning.
A thin layer of fog also engulfed the city skyline in
the morning reducing the visibility to 1,000 metres. However,
flight movement was not affected due to the fog.
The temperature in the city had been oscillating
between seven and 25 degrees Celsius in the last week.
The Weatherman has predicted mist in the morning with
maximum and minimum likely to hover around 21 and six degrees
Celsius respectively on Wednesday.
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 all-time record for minimum temperature was
recorded on December 26 of 1945 when the mercury dipped to
1.1 degree Celsius.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 11:21