Christmas brings severe cold weather for Delhi
Vishal Malhotra/Lokesh Goswami Tennews New Delhi :
New Delhi (25/12/2019): Severe cold conditions continued in Delhi today as it witnessed morning with the mercury at 5.4 degree Celsius which is three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said, adding that the city so far has recorded longest and the extreme cold day spell in December month, since 1997.
The Indian meteorological department said, “Delhi so far has recorded longest and extremely cold day spell in December month, since 1997.”
It also said that while Delhi had witnessed 17 cold days in December 1997, this time it has recorded 10 cold days in a row. Before this, in December 2014, Delhi saw severe cold continuing for eight consecutive days, the IMD added. The India Meteorological Department also said today will remain cold and the conditions will further deteriorate to “severe cold” later in the day and the maximum temperature for today is likely to hover around 15 degree Celsius, the IMD said.
