Due to "cold day" conditions in some areas of the city, a yellow alert has been issued. According to data from the India Meteorological Department, the city's minimum temperature was 7.1 degrees Celsius, which is typical for this time of year. The highest temperature recorded was 15 degrees Celsius, four degrees below average. At 8:30 am, Delhi's temperature was 8.6 degrees Celsius. There was 200 to 500 meters of visibility in the city.
The weather caused delays for eighteen trains that were headed for Delhi. Due to weather-related issues, sixteen trains headed for Delhi were delayed on Tuesday and twenty trains on Monday. From the "very poor" range observed the day before, the air quality improved to the "poor" level. On January 10, at nine in the morning, the AQI level was reported at 269; by Tuesday, it had increased to 366.
According to the IMD seven seven-day prediction, there will be some cloud cover and normal temperatures through January 16. For the following seven days, there won't be any typical chilly days. Delhi schools up to class 5 will be closed through January 10 due to the chilly weather. Atishi, the minister of education for Delhi, tweeted, "Schools to not ply before 8 am and after 5 pm."
Many states are currently experiencing reduced visibility caused by dense fog, particularly during the morning and nighttime hours. As a result, numerous trains and flights have been delayed. The weather caused sixteen trains headed for Delhi to be delayed on Tuesday. As for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha, similar circumstances are predicted to persist until tomorrow, while dense fog conditions are predicted to persist in the morning hours across Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Uttar Pradesh until January 14. The morning hours of this day will be very foggy in Jammu.
