At 3°C, Delhi wakes up to coldest January morning in 3 years

Delhi recorded its coldest January greeting successful 3 years connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) arsenic the minimum somesthesia dropped to 3°C, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The superior recorded a debased of 1.4°C connected January 16, 2023, according to the upwind department.

Safdarjung, the city’s superior observatory, recorded a minimum somesthesia of 3°C, 4.4 notches beneath normal, IMD information showed.

Palam recorded a minimum somesthesia of 4°C, 3.3 notches beneath normal, and Lodhi Road recorded a minimum somesthesia of 3°C, 3 notches beneath normal.

The Ridge recorded a debased of 4.4°C, 3.7 notches beneath normal, and Ayanagar recorded a debased of 3.2°C, 3.9 notches beneath normal.

According to the IMD, acold question conditions are declared erstwhile minimum temperatures autumn 4.5 to 6.4 degrees beneath normal.

The maximum somesthesia for the time is expected to settee astir 20°C. Cold question conditions are apt to persist implicit Delhi connected Wednesday (January 14) arsenic well, the IMD said.

Delhi’s aerial prime deteriorated to the ‘very poor’ class with the Air Quality Index (AQI) settling astatine 337, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

The CPCB’s SAMEER app showed that 29 monitoring stations recorded aerial prime successful the ‘very poor’ category, 1 successful ‘severe’ and 9 successful ‘poor’.

Anand Vihar recorded the worst aerial prime with an AQI of 411, falling successful the ‘severe’ category.

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