Key Highlights
- While some warmed their hands near small bonfires, street vendors sat next to their carts, sipping piping hot tea.
- Delhi recorded its coldest January morning in three years on Tuesday as the minimum temperature dropped to 3 degrees Celsius.
- The city recorded a low of 1.4 degrees Celsius on January 16, 2023.
- Safdarjung — the city’s primary observatory — recorded a low of 3 degrees Celsius, 4.4 notches below normal, Palam 4 degrees, Lodhi Road 3 degrees, the Ridge 4.4 degrees and Ayanagar 3.2 degrees Celsius.
- According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold wave conditions are declared when minimum temperatures fall 4.5 to 6.4 degrees below normal.
