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Photos: Delhi records lowest November temperature since 2006
The minimum temperature in Delhi dropped to 7.5 degrees Celsius on November 20 morning, the lowest experienced by the city in November since 2006, according to data from the IMD. Experts have predicted an early winter for the national capital. The chill this month comes on the back of an already record setting October which was the coldest in 58 years. Meanwhile, falling temperatures and continuing stubble fires have kept the air quality in the far-end of the ‘poor’ category, despite strong winds.
Updated on: Nov 21, 2020 5:59 PM IST
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Pigeons take flight on a foggy morning in the outskirts of Dwarka in New Delhi on November 18. The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 7.5°C on November 20, making it the city’s coldest November day in 14 years, according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) department. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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People wearing warm clothes out at Nizamuddin in New Delhi on November 20, the city’s coldest November morning since November 29, 2006, when the minimum temperature had dropped to 7.3°C. The minimum temperature on November 20, was five notches below normal for this time of the year. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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A man walks along a stretch in Okhla, New Delhi on November 19. Data from the IMD shows that till November 16, the average minimum temperatures recorded in the city have been two to three degrees below the normal for the season. (Amal KS/HT PHOTO)
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Visitors at Lotus Temple in Kalkaji on November 18. According to IMD scientists, the minimum temperature does not usually drop below 10°C in November. In November 2019, the lowest temperature was 11.4°C and in the same month the previous year, this was 10.5°C. (Amal KS / HT Photo)
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People shop for blankets at a market on the outskirts of New Delhi on November 20. “The drop in night temperature is mainly due to a combination of cold winds blowing from the snow-clad western Himalayan region and largely clear skies in Delhi. When there is no cloud cover, the ground cools faster and minimum temperatures stay low,” Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD’s regional weather forecasting centre, told HT. (Altaf Qadri / AP)
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A dog yawns sitting besides a road divider, at Nizamuddin on November 20. The Regional Meteorological Centre has also warned that Delhi, along with Haryana and north Rajasthan could experience cold wave conditions for the next two days. A cold wave is declared when minimum temperature is under 10 degrees Celsius and the departure from normal is 4.5°C for more than a day. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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People shopping at a market in Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi on November 19. Delhi has already experienced its coldest October in 58 years with the mean minimum temperatures for the month settling at 17.2°C this year . The last time it was this cold at night in the national capital was in 1962, when the mean minimum temperature for October was 16.9°C, as per IMD data. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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