Cold morning in Delhi after overnight showers

The national capital woke up to a cold morning on Wednesday with overnight showers causing humidity levels to shoot up to 98 per cent.

"The minimum temperature was recorded at 10.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal," a Meteorological Department official said.

The Safdarjung observatory, whose reading is considered the official marking for Delhi, recorded 8 mm rainfall overnight while the reading at Palam, Lodhi Road, Aya Nagar and ridge area observatories were 3.4, 7.8, 6.3 and 4.2 mm respectively.

The weatherman has predicted a clear day ahead and ruled out possibility of more rains on Wednesday. The Air quality recorded at 9.30 am in Delhi was 226, which falls in the "poor" category.