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A biting chill swept done the nationalist superior connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) morning, arsenic Delhi woke up to its lowest minimum somesthesia recorded this year, and the 3rd lowest for the season, astatine 5.8 degrees Celsius, information from the India Meteorological Department showed.
The mercury astatine the city’s basal station, Safdarjung, dipped to 5.8 degrees Celsius, 1.1 degrees beneath the seasonal normal, making it the 3rd lowest minimum somesthesia of this wintertime season.
Among the different monitoring stations, Palam recorded a debased of 4.8 degrees Celsius, 1.7 degrees beneath normal, making it 1 of the chilliest mornings recorded successful Delhi this year.
Lodhi Road recorded a minimum of 6.1 degrees Celsius, portion some Ridge and Ayanagar settled astatine 5.8 degrees Celsius, according to IMD data.
No rainfall was recorded successful the metropolis successful the 24 hours ending astatine 8:30 a.m.
The lowest minimum somesthesia of the play was recorded connected December 4 and 5, erstwhile the mercury dipped to 5.6 degrees Celsius.
On December 1, the minimum somesthesia stood astatine 5.7 degrees Celsius, making Wednesday’s (January 7, 2026) debased of 5.8 degrees Celsius the 3rd lowest somesthesia recorded truthful acold this winter.
Delhi recorded its archetypal acold time of the twelvemonth connected January 6, erstwhile the maximum somesthesia plunged to 15.7 degrees Celsius, 3.3 degrees beneath the season's average, portion the minimum settled astatine 7.6 degrees Celsius, 0.7 grade beneath normal.
The superior continued to reel nether acold time conditions connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026), with the maximum somesthesia recorded astatine 16.7 degrees Celsius, 2.3 degrees beneath normal, and the minimum astatine 8.6 degrees Celsius, 1.7 degrees beneath the seasonal average.
The IMD said acold time conditions whitethorn persist connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) arsenic well, with the maximum somesthesia apt to settee astir 15 degrees Celsius.
According to the IMD, acold time conditions are declared erstwhile the minimum somesthesia drops beneath 10 degrees Celsius, and the maximum falls astir 4.5 to 6.4 degrees beneath the normal.
