By IANS
New Delhi : Scattered rain will bring back the chill in the national capital but warm weather is here to stay at least till the weekend, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday.
On Thursday morning, Delhi witnessed a minimum temperature of 13.2 degrees Celsius, six notches above normal.
“Till 8.30 a.m., the capital experienced 1.8 mm rainfall and there is nothing unusual about it. But the cloud cover will help the minimum temperature to stay above normal level,” said an IMD official.
The official said the cloudy weather condition for the last three days was the main reason behind the mercury jumping from 11 degrees Wednesday to 13.2 degrees Thursday.
Residents in the capital feel that this year’s winter is strange with thick fog in mid December, severe cold in the first week of January (2.6 degrees on Jan 1 and 1.9 degrees Jan 2) and a sudden rise in minimum temperature during the last couple of days.
But IMD officials termed it as nothing unusual and added that winter was far from over.
“People will experience cold spell again. The Wednesday night rain will bring back the chill soon,” the official said.