Okhla shivers as Delhi sees ‘cold day’ conditions for 2nd day in a row

Many residents in Okhla preferred staying indoors for a second consecutive day on Saturday as Delhi’s maximum temperature was recorded at 14.8 degrees Celsius, with thick fog blotting out the sun.

“Today also there was a layer of moderate fog/low cloud over Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan. It prevented the sunlight from reaching the surface. Light north westerlies are also blowing over the region. These conditions led to a cold day,” an IMD official said.

Similar conditions are predicted for Sunday too.    

The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered the official marker for the city, settled at 6.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal, it said.