Cold weather may stay for a week

It is official: winter is not here, and is not about to set in for at least a month. But, Delhi temperatures are low for this time of the year and will continue to be so for a week.

It is official: winter is not here, and is not about to set in for at least a month. But, Delhi temperatures are low for this time of the year and will continue to be so for a week.

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Minimum temperature will hover around 15 degrees Celsius and maximum close to 30ºC. There will be no repeat of Tuesday’s rain.A low-pressure weather system in Rajasthan, combined with high humidity in the city, brought rain and squall to the Capital on Tuesday, plunging the mercury. The effect could be felt Thursday as well which recorded a high of 27.7 ºC, 4 degrees below normal, and a low of 14.9 ºC, 2 degrees below normal.

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“The current temperatures are because of Tuesday’s squalls and this does not signal the start of winters,” a metrological department official said.