New Year begins on a warm note
January 1st, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Relatively warm weather greeted Delhiites on the first day of the New Year Friday. There was a rise in the mercury, with the minimum temperature settling at 6.6 degrees Celsius.
Shallow fog engulfed the capital early Friday, delaying a few morning flights to and from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).
“Skies will remain clear during the day with the maximum temperature settling around 21 degrees Celsius,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
The weatherman has forecast a further rise in the temperature Saturday with the minimum likely to hover around 7 degrees Celsius.
Delhi last weekend saw the minimum temperature dropping to 5.2 degrees Celsius, the season’s lowest so far.
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