Cold wave circumstances, together with dense fog, continued to grip the north Indian states on Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting comparable circumstances over the area till January 27.

On Tuesday, the nationwide capital recorded a minimal temperature of 6.9 levels Celsius, barely beneath the seasonal common, in line with the IMD.

Visibility at observatories like Safdarjung, Palam, and Ayanagar was considerably lowered, with foggy circumstances persisting. The climate division predicts average fog till January 26 within the National Capital, with foggy circumstances anticipated on January 27 and 28.

Delhi witnessed 5 chilly days and 5 coldwave days in January to date, marking the very best up to now 13 years, as reported by PTI, citing information from the IMD.

A cold wave is formally declared when the minimal temperature (falling beneath 10°C over plains) is 4.5 to six.4°C beneath regular or the precise minimal temperature is lower than 4°C. If the minimal temperature is over 6.5°C beneath regular or lower than 2 levels C, it’s categorised as a extreme chilly wave.

Trains and flights delayed as a result of dense fog

Due to dense fog and antagonistic climate circumstances, flight and passenger prepare operations to and from the nationwide capital had been nonetheless disrupted on Tuesday.

Delays had been skilled at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport as a layer of fog enveloped the town.

“Over 150 flights at Delhi’s IGI airport were delayed on Tuesday. However, only seven of them had to be cancelled,” an official advised HT.

According to Northern Railways, 28 trains, together with the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Rajendranagar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Bangalore-Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express, Azamgarh-Delhi JN Kaifiyat Express, Banaras-New Delhi Express, and Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, encountered delays starting from two to 5 hours.

Cold day alert in different elements of north India

On Tuesday, Rajasthan skilled a extreme chilly wave, accompanied by dense fog overlaying numerous elements of the state, notably impacting Alwar, the place the temperature dropped to a minimal of two.5 levels Celsius. IMD anticipates that chilly day to extreme chilly day circumstances will persist in remoted areas of West Rajasthan on Wednesday.

According to the climate division, dense to very dense fog is anticipated to prevail for a number of hours throughout the evening and morning over many elements of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Uttar Pradesh from Tuesday evening till the morning of January 27.

Further forecasts point out dense to very dense fog in remoted pockets of Bihar till Thursday morning, with dense fog persevering with in remoted areas for the next three days.

In Uttarakhand, chilly day to extreme chilly day circumstances are prone to persist in remoted pockets, together with chilly day circumstances in particular areas on Wednesday.

Earlier on Monday, the IMD reported shallow fog affecting the Jammu division, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand, inflicting visibility challenges. Various areas confronted lowered visibility, with Jammu Division at 500 metres, Patiala in Punjab at 50 meters, Delhi at 500 metres impacting flight operations, and Varanasi and Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh battling 25-metre and 50-metre visibility, respectively.