Delhi Weather Today: Residents of the national capital woke up to shallow fog on Sunday morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted partly clear skies as the city recorded a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius at 7 am on November 30.
Shallow to moderate fog is likely during the morning hours of December 1 to 5, the IMD said. Minimum temperatures are likely to be normal, around 8 to 10 degrees Celsius, and may vary slightly around -1.5 to 1.5 degrees Celsius over the three days to Tuesday, according to the weather agency. Meanwhile, the maximum temperature is expected to settle between 23 and 25 degrees Celsius and is expected to be “normal to below normal (-1.6 to -3.0)” during the same period.
An IMD press release on November 29 suggests an increase in wind speed on Sunday, saying: “Prevailing surface winds are likely to be from the northwest, with calm winds gradually increasing to 10 km/h during the morning hours. In the afternoon, wind speeds will increase to less than 15 km/h from the northwest.”
Weather forecast for the next 5 days
Forecasting the weather for the coming days, the IMD said the minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to drop by nearly 2 to 3 degrees Celsius between December 3 and 5. “Both the minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to be below normal to markedly below normal (02-05°C) during the above period,” the IMD said.
Skies are expected to be clear for the next five days, with fog likely in the morning hours.
Delhi records coldest November in last 5 years
The national capital witnessed the coldest November in five years, with the monthly average minimum temperature falling to 11.5 degrees Celsius, according to IMD data. It is noteworthy that even the maximum temperatures during the day remained lower than last year.
In the last four years, the lowest average minimum temperature in November was 11.9 degrees Celsius, which was in 2021, 14.7 degrees Celsius in 2024, 12 degrees Celsius in 2023 and 12.3 degrees Celsius in 2022.
Delhi did not record a single rainy day in this month, November was completely dry this year.
Compared to the average maximum temperature of 29.4 degrees Celsius recorded last November, it has settled at 27.7 degrees Celsius this year. This year, the lowest minimum temperature of the month was 8 degrees Celsius. It was 9.5 degrees in 2024 and 9.2 degrees in 2023, PTI said citing IMD data.
