City shivers at 3.2°C; fog delays trains

New Delhi, January 14

Cold conditions further intensified in the national capital today with the mercury plummeting to 3.2 degrees Celsius, lowest of the season.

Due to reduced visibility in the morning, 44 north-bound trains were running late, 13 had to be rescheduled while eight trains were cancelled, a senior railway official said.

The Safdarjung observatory, considered official for the city, recorded a low of 3.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average, the MeT official said.

Both the Lodhi Road and Ayanahar observatories recorded a minimum of 3.6 degrees Celsius, while areas under Palam and Ridge logged a minimum of 4.6 and 5.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.

The maximum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory today settled at 19.3 degrees Celsius, a notch below the normal, the official said. The visibility was recorded at 800 m at 5.30 am at Safdarjung and dropped to 300 m at 8.30 am before significantly improving to 800 m at 11.30 am.

The humidity oscillated between 100 and 53 per cent. The weatherman has forecast generally cloudy skies for tomorrow with the likelihood of light drizzle and rain for tomorrow. — PTI