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Delhi recorded its coldest greeting of this wintertime play connected Friday (January 9, 2026), with a biting chill gripping the metropolis arsenic the minimum somesthesia plunged to its lowest level truthful far, adjacent arsenic hint rainfall was reported astatine respective places crossed the nationalist capital.
The minimum somesthesia settled astatine 4.6° Celsius, astir 2.3° Celsius beneath the seasonal normal, marking the coldest greeting of the season.
Weather stations crossed the metropolis besides reported hint rainfall during the aboriginal hours, adding to the wintry conditions.
Station-wise information showed that Safdarjung recorded a minimum somesthesia of 4.6° Celsius, 2.3° Celsius beneath the seasonal normal, portion Palam logged 5.0° Celsius, 1.5° beneath normal. Lodhi Road recorded a minimum of 5.2° Celsius, 0.8° beneath normal, portion the Ridge presumption reported 5.4° Celsius, 1.2° beneath normal.
Ayanagar was the coldest among the listed stations, with the minimum somesthesia dipping to 4.8° Celsius, 1.2° beneath the seasonal average.
As for rainfall, Safdarjung and Lodhi Road recorded hint rainfall during the past 24 hours till 8.30 a.m., portion Ayanagar received 0.8 mm of rainfall.
No rainfall was recorded astatine Palam and the Ridge presumption during the aforesaid period.
According to the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, drizzle is apt astatine a fewer places successful Delhi, including Akshardham, Lodhi Road, Nehru Stadium, R K Puram, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Tughlakabad, IGNOU, Ayanagar and Deramandi.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), successful its All India Weather Summary and Forecast Bulletin, said acold question conditions are apt to persist implicit parts of northbound and northwest India, including Delhi-NCR, implicit the coming days.
"It is simply a chilly greeting but nary acold question conditions are threatening yet," an IMD authoritative said.
The maximum somesthesia successful Delhi is expected to hover astir 17° Celsius.
Thursday marked the 3rd coldest greeting of the play arsenic the mercury astatine the city's basal presumption Safdarjung dipped to 5.8° Celsius, 1.1° beneath normal.
The 2nd lowest minimum somesthesia of the play was recorded connected December 4 and 5 past twelvemonth astatine 5.6° Celsius, followed by December 1, erstwhile it stood astatine 5.7° Celsius.
Delhi had earlier recorded its archetypal acold time of the play connected January six, erstwhile the maximum somesthesia plunged to 15.7° Celsius, 3.3° Celsius beneath normal, portion the minimum somesthesia settled astatine 7.6° Celsius.
Cold time conditions persisted connected Wednesday arsenic well, with the maximum somesthesia recorded astatine 16.7° Celsius, 2.3° Celsius beneath normal, and the minimum astatine 8.6° Celsius.
According to the IMD, acold time conditions are declared erstwhile the minimum somesthesia remains beneath 10° Celsius and the maximum somesthesia falls 4.5 to 6.4° Celsius beneath normal, portion acold question conditions are declared erstwhile the minimum somesthesia drops by 4.5 to 6.4 notches beneath normal.
Meanwhile, Delhi's aerial prime remained successful the 'very poor' category, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded astatine 325. As galore arsenic 26 monitoring stations reported 'very poor' aerial quality, deteriorating from mediocre levels recorded a time earlier.
As per the Central Pollution Control Board's classification, an AQI betwixt 0 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'.
