The capital got no respite from the bitter cold as the minimum temperature Saturday settled at 2.9 degrees Celsius - four notches below average. The Met office has forecast a clear day ahead. "The city was enveloped by the fog in the morning, but the day will be clear. The maximum temperature would hover around 15 degree Celsius," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

Visibility at 8.30 am was 600 metres and humidity was 94%, the IMD official said.

Friday's maximum temperature was five notches below average at 15.7 degree, while the minimum temperature saw the season's lowest at 2.7 degrees Celsius - four notches below average.