Minimum temperature continues to rise in Delhi

Another pleasant morning greeted Delhiites on Friday with the minimum temperature remaining four notches above normal at 12 degrees Celsius.

Another pleasant morning greeted Delhiites on Friday with the minimum temperature remaining four notches above normal at 12 degrees Celsius.

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Friday's minimum was higher than Thursday's 11.3 degrees C, the Met Office said.

The Weathermen predicted a partly cloudy sky for the day and said the maximum temperature will hover around 23 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature on Thursday was 22.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, they said adding the minimum temperature will hover around 14 degree C on Friday.

January this year has been warmer so far as compared to last year when the minimum dropped below five degrees a number of times. The season's lowest temperature was recorded on January 2 when the minimum dipped to four degrees.

The record for January's minimum temperature is on 16th of 1935 when the temperature fell to -0.6 degrees Celsius. The minimum in 2006 had slumped to 0.2 degrees Celsius.