Delhi shivered with the minimum temperature plummeting to 5.7 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, second-lowest in December this year, which was two notches below the average.
The minimum temperature on December 19 fell to 5.2 degrees Celsius.
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Moderate fog wrapped the city dropping visibility and delaying train traffic.
Sixteen north-bound trains were delayed by 1-6 hours with Chennai Nizamuddin Duronto running over six hours late, said a Northern Railway officer.
At 364, air quality index of the city was in 'very poor' category.
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The visibility at Safadarjung and Palam was 500 metre and 300 metre at 5.30 AM. It improved and became 600 metres at both places at 8.30 AM, said a MeT department official.
Relative humidity was 92 pe cent at 8.30 AM, he said.
The cold conditions will prevail till the weekend, the said
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Mainly clear sky is forecast for rest of the day and maximum temperature will be around 14 degrees Celsius, said the official.
On Monday, Delhi recorded a high of 14.3 degrees Celsius and a low of 8.3 degrees Celsius.
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