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Chilly and cloudy conditions marked the New Year successful the nationalist superior connected Thursday (January 1, 2026), with the minimum somesthesia settling astatine 10.6° Celsius and the Met bureau predicting airy rainfall during the day.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), hint rainfall was besides recorded successful Palam aboriginal Thursday.
Station-wise information astatine 8.30 a.m. showed the minimum somesthesia astatine 10.6° Celsius astatine Safdarjung, 9° Celsius astatine Palam, 10° Celsius astatine Lodhi Road, 9.9° Celsius astatine the Ridge and 10.3° Celsius astatine Ayanagar, the IMD said.
Delhi ended 2025 connected a biting note, signaling its coldest December time successful six years connected Wednesday arsenic the maximum somesthesia plunged to 14.2° Celsius. IMD information showed the past little maximum somesthesia was connected December 31, 2019, erstwhile it dipped to 9.4° Celsius.
The maximum somesthesia connected Wednesday settled astatine 14.2° Celsius, astir 6.2 notches beneath mean and the lowest this season, portion the minimum somesthesia stood astatine 6.4° Celsius, astir 0.4 notches beneath the seasonal average.
From January 3, colder conditions whitethorn make arsenic minimum temperatures could driblet further, with acold northerly winds from the Himalayan portion expected to determination towards the nationalist capital, the IMD said.
Shallow fog was observed crossed the nationalist superior connected Thursday morning, with Palam and Safdarjung signaling a visibility of 500 metres astatine astir 7.30 a.m., according to the IMD.
Meanwhile, the air prime remained successful the 'very poor' category. The city's wide Air Quality Index (AQI) stood astatine 371 astatine 10 a.m., the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) information showed.
CPCB's SAMEER app showed that 28 stations recorded precise mediocre aerial quality, portion 8 stations were successful the terrible category, with Sonia Vihar signaling the worst AQI astatine 420.
