New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The wind-chill factor continued to add to the woes of shivering Delhi residents, but there was some respite from the fog. Unlike Monday when the city saw the lowest day temperature in the last five years, there was a rise in the maximum temperature Tuesday, the weatherman said.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature recorded early Tuesday was 9.3 degrees Celsius - two notches above what is the average for this time of the year.

The maximum temperature was recorded at three degrees below the average at 18.1 degrees Celsius. Although low, this provided some respite since the the maximum had dropped to 14 degrees Celsius Monday - the lowest in the last five years.

Early Tuesday, the visibility was around 800 metres and flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were on schedule, an airport official said.

The weatherman has forecast mist and shallow fog Wednesday morning.

“Skies will mainly remain clear with the maximum and minimum temperature settling around 20 degrees and 7 degrees Celsius,” an IMD official said.