Delhi records lowest temp of season at 8.3 deg C

New Delhi, Nov 26 (UNI) The Winter chill is here, after nearly a month of warm weather in the post-Diwali period.

A day after Delhiites experienced the first Winter chill with minimum temperature plummeting to 8.5 degree Celsius, the mercury in the Capital dipped further to 8.3 degree C, heralding the arrival of Winter in the capital.

It was another chilly morning that welcomed Delhiites with the minimum temperature of 8.3 degree C, the lowest this season, being two degrees below the normal temperature at this time of the year.

The maximum too dropped to 24 degree C.

The chill in the air is likely to continue in the coming days with the weatherman forecasting that cold wave conditions were will continue for another 24 hours. Infact, the minimum temperature is likely to further dip to 7 degree C tomorrow.

Weatherman say the coming weeks could witness a fall of two to four degrees C in night temperatures in NorthWest India, thus indicating a continuance of chilly mornings.

They said the night temperatures were likely to hover around the ten Degree C mark in the coming week.

They have forecast a mainly clear sky in Delhi over the next 24 hours with mist in the morning hours.

The post-Diwali period which usually marks the onset of Winter, has witnessed unusually warm weather this time with the night temperature being five to six degrees above normal.

However, recent snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal, induced by a fresh western disturbance, have brought about a sharp fall in night temperatures in Delhi over the last week.

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