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The nationalist superior connected Saturday (January 10, 2026) recorded a minimum somesthesia of 4.2° Celsius, which was 2.7 notches beneath the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
With this, Delhi recorded the coldest greeting of the ongoing wintertime play since 2024.
The erstwhile coldest January time successful the past years was recorded connected January 15, 2024, erstwhile the minimum somesthesia had plunged to 3.3° Celsius, triggering acold question conditions crossed the nationalist capital.
Station-wise information showed that the minimum somesthesia astatine Safdarjung settled astatine 4.2° Celsius, Palam recorded 4.5° Celsius, Lodhi Road reported 4.7° Celsius, the Ridge presumption registered 5.3° Celsius, portion Ayanagar besides recorded 4.5° Celsius, indicating a crisp dip crossed Delhi's upwind stations.
Today's speechmaking was followed by Friday's second-coldest greeting of the season, when the minimum somesthesia had dropped to 4.6° Celsius.
The third-lowest minimum somesthesia of the existent play was recorded earlier connected December 4 and December 5 past year, erstwhile the mercury had settled astatine 5.6° Celsius, followed intimately by December 1, erstwhile the minimum somesthesia stood astatine 5.7° Celsius.
IMD has predicted dense fog conditions during the day.
Relative humidity was recorded astatine 100% astatine 9 a.m.
The aerial prime was recorded successful the 'very poor' class astatine 9 a.m. connected Saturday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) speechmaking of 366, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) information showed.
According to the CPCB, 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'.
