Delhi wakes up to a cold morning

The minimum temperature settled at 5.9 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature is expected to hover at 26 degrees Celsius.

It was a cold morning in the national capital coupled with moderate foggy conditions, with the minimum temperature settling at 5.9 degrees Celsius.

Children run across a field amid fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi. (PTI file)

Humidity was recorded at 97% at 8.30 am, a MeT department official said.

The visibility was recorded at 1,200 meters at 5.30 am which dropped to 800 meters at 8.30 am, he said.

The weatherman has forecast partly cloudy skies during the day.

“The maximum temperature is expected to hover at 26 degrees Celsius,” the official said.

On Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 25.8 and 5 degrees Celsius, respectively.