Mercury drops to 3 degrees Celsius in Delhi

Cold conditions prevailed in the national capital on Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at 3 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average, the MeT department said.

The maximum temperature settled at 22.9 degree Celsius, two notches above the season's average, an official of the Meteorological (MeT) department said.

The humidity oscillated between 34 and 100 per cent.

Delhi has been reeling under a cold wave for the past few days.

Saturday the minimum and maximum temperatures were recorded at 2.6 and 20 degrees Celsius respectively.

The MeT has forecast clear skies along with the possibility of moderate fog on Monday morning with haze or smoke thereafter.

"The cold waves will continue to prevail at isolated places over Delhi on Monday as well. The minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to be around 4 and 23 degrees Celsius respectively on Monday," the official said.