At 2.9 degrees Celsius, Delhi wakes up to coldest January morning in 3 years

Meanwhile, coldwave conditions stretched into a fifth day across the capital. The minimum temperature of 2.9°Celsius on Thursday was 4.5 degrees below normal for this time of the year — down from Wednesday’s minimum of 3.8°Celsius and Tuesday’s minimum of 3°Celsius.

The last time Delhi saw an ever lower minimum was January 18, 2023, when the mercury plummeted to 2.6°Celsius, according India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

Meanwhile, Palam logged a minimum temperature of 2.3°Celsius on Thursday — five degrees below normal and the lowest in 20 years. The station earlier recorded an even lower temperature of 0.3°C on January 8, 2006.