By IANS
New Delhi : The national capital continued to shiver under cold wave conditions with the minimum temperature recorded at three degrees Celsius Wednesday, five degrees below normal.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), Wednesday was the coldest Jan 23 in the last five years. Last year the minimum temperature recorded on this day was five degrees.
“Snowfall and rain in Himalayan region is (the) key behind the (cold) weather conditions here,” said an IMD official.
He said cold wave conditions are prevailing over many parts of northwest India and they are not likely to improve till Friday.
On Tuesday, Delhi had recorded a minimum of 2.6 degrees Celsius (five degrees below normal) and a maximum of 17.1 degrees (four degrees below normal).
Weathermen said the situation might worsen in the coming days.
Though the capital city had a severe cold spell in the first week of January, last week the minimum temperature climbed a lot and touched the 14 degrees Celsius mark.
On Jan 1, it was 2.6 degrees Celsius and dipped to 1.9 degrees Celsius the next day.