Delhi Weather: ‘Cold Day Alert’ Declared, Rain Predicted On These Days; Check IMD Predictions For The Week

'Cold Day' and Orange alerts in different parts of Delhi and adjoining cities has been declared due to plunging temperatures and dense fog; rain is also expected. Check this week's IMD Predictions for New Delhi...

New Delhi: North India has been experiencing bone-chilling cold for the past many weeks and the plunging temperatures and dense fog only continue to intensify with the passing days. These adverse weather conditions have caused a lot of delay in the rail and flight operations; road travel is also not being considered very safe during this time, especially in the mornings and at night. Due to the lowering temperatures and extreme fog causing poor or no visibility, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘Cold Day Alert’ and ‘Orange Alert’ in different parts of Delhi and other adjoining areas like Chandigarh. As we step into a new week, read about IMD’s latest predictions for the coming week in Delhi where rain is also expected..

Delhi Weather Forecast For This Week

According to the official website of India Meteorological Department (IMD), the weather forecast for the last few day of January and the first week of February has a maximum temperature of 22.1 degree Celsius and a minimum temperature of 8.4 degree Celsius for Jan 27-30, 2024; the maximum and minimum temperatures for January 31-February 4, 2024 are 22.3 degree Celsius and 8.4 degree Celsius respectively. Check day-to-day weather update for Delhi for the coming week, below..

• January 28, 2024: Max-Min Temp- 24 -5 degree Celsius; Partly cloudy sky with mist or shallow fog in the morning.
• January 29, 2024: Max-Min Temp- 25 – 7 degree Celsius; Mainly clear sky with shallow to moderate fog in the morning.
• January 30, 2024: Max-Min Temp- 26 – 7 degree Celsius; Mainly clear sky with moderate fog in the morning.
• January 31, 2024: Max-Min Temp- 25 – 7 degree Celsius; Partly cloudy sky with possibility of drizzle, shallow fog in the morning.
• February 1, 2024: Max-Min Temp- 23 – 9 degree Celsius; Partly cloudy sky with possibility of very light rai or thundershowers.
• February 2, 2024: Max-Min Temp- 23 – 8 degree Celsius; Partly cloudy sky with shallow to moderate fog in the morning.

According to the IMD, ‘very dense’ fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, 51 and 200 metres is ‘dense’, 201 and 500 metres ‘moderate’, and 501 and 1,000 metres ‘shallow’. Accoring to IMD, the mercury would plunge further in the first week of January 2024, with temperature hovering between 10 and 7 degrees Celsius at the Safdarjung Observatory in the national capital.

Orange Alert, Cold Day Declared By IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has declared a Cold Day due to the cold wave conditions and Orange Alert because of the fog in different areas of Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana. According to the Skymet report, for the next 24 hours, dense fog is expected in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and North East India. Light to medium rainfall and snowfall is also expected in Jammu Kashmir, Muzzaffarabad, Leh Ladakh, Gilgit-Balistan and Himachal Pradesh.

The flights and trains in North India, more specifically Delhi, are also being delayed and/or cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions and dense fog. For now, no alert has been issued by the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport but flyers are advised to check with their airlines for latest updates.