Sunday coldest day so far in Delhi, fog to follow

NEW DELHI: The skies that were overcast since Saturday opened up on Sunday afternoon, plunging the maximum temperature in the capital to a chilling 16 degrees Celsius, seven degrees below normal. The city recorded 3.8mm rain till 5.30pm while parts of east Delhi reported a hail storm. This was officially the coldest day in Delhi this season.

While the rain may cease by Monday morning, the Met office has predicted shallow to dense fog on Monday night.

Afternoon to be cloudy, sky to clear up by night

Though Sunday's showers lasted only 15 minutes or so, many parts of central and east Delhi reported waterlogging. Commuters were stopped in their tracks as the wind picked up speed and darkness fell just before it began to rain. "The rainfall is a result of an active western disturbance that is over the western Himalayan region. This has brought snow in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and rainfall over most parts of the northern plains," said a Met official.

In Delhi, it became cloudy on Saturday and a light drizzle was reported from some areas. However, due to the continuous clouding, the temperature on Sunday fell sharply and the city also recorded moderate rainfall in some areas. The chill is also because of snowfall in the hills and the drop in temperature over there.

On Sunday, the minimum temperature in the city was 14.4 degrees, six degrees above normal, a phenomenon attributed to the dense cloud cover in the morning which did not allow the earth's heat to escape. Visibility in the afternoon remained between 800m and 1,200m due to mist and low clouds.

"Monday afternoon may be only partly cloudy and the sky may clear up by night. There are chances of shallow to moderate dog on Monday morning and dense fog on Monday night. The maximum and minimum temperatures will remain the range of 17 to 11 degrees Celsius," said a Met official.

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