Weather remained relatively warm across North India providing relief to people except in Jammu and Kashmir though foggy conditions prevailed in some parts of the region delaying several trains.
Delhiites woke up to a slightly foggy morning with the minimum temperature settling at 11.6 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal for the ongoing period.
The maximum temperature touched 24.7 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season's average, making it relatively warmer for this part of the season.
Yesterday, the maximum temperature had settled at 26.5 degrees Celsius, seven notches above the normal while the minimum was recorded at 11 degrees.
According to IMD Director B P Yadav, it has been the warmest opening week of January in Delhi in at least 15 years.
Foggy conditions were witnessed in several parts of the city which affected the visibility, as it was recorded at 500 metres at 8.30 AM and subsequently improved to 1200 metres at 11:30 AM.
The humidity in air oscillated between 100 and 62 per cent.
In Rajasthan, cold conditions subsided with Jalore recording the highest maximum of 33.2 degree Celsius due to the Western Disturbance affecting the upper air cyclonic circulation.
It would take another week for the cold conditions to set in again, the MeT official said.
Barmer recorded maximum of 30.4 degrees Celsius followed by Jodhpur (30.2), Churu (30.8), Jaipur (29.8) and Bikaner (29).
Mount Abu recorded the lowest in the state at 8 degrees C followed by Sikar 9.2 deg C.
At least eight trains of the Northwestern railways were running late due to foggy conditions in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana.
In Punjab and Haryana too minimum temperatures rose several notches above normal providing relief to people from cold wave conditions.
The Union Territory of Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 8.9 degrees Celsius, which was four notches above the normal.
"Fog reduced visibility at various places in the two
states, including Ambala, Karnal, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala," a MeT Department official said.
Chandigarh recorded a low of 12.1 degrees Celsius, while Ambala in Haryana recorded a low of 12.2 degrees Celsius.
Amritsar in Punjab recorded a low of 8.4 degrees Celsius, and in Ludhiana the minimum temperature was 10.5 degrees Celsius.
However, Bathinda and Faridkot witnessed a cold night each recording a minimum temperature of 6.4 degrees Celsius.
In Bihar, the sun shone bright on its capital city of Patna which recorded maximum and minimum temperatures at 29.5 degrees Celsius and 11.8 degrees Celsius respectively.
Bhagalpur registered the highest maximum temperature in the state at 31 degrees Celsius, followed by Gaya and Purnea which recorded 29.9 degrees Celsius and 29.7 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Sabour in Bhagalpur district recorded the state's lowest minimum temperature at 8 degrees Celsius.
