Delhi's minimum temperature at 8.3 degrees Celsius

Delhiites on Wednesday woke up to a slight respite from biting cold as Delhis minimum temperature was at 83 degrees Celsius a notch above the seasons average according to the weather office reported news agency PTIAccording to the India Meteorological Department IMD Delhis minimum temperature was recorded at 83 degrees Celsius The recorded minimum temperature in Delhi on Tuesday morning was 69 degrees CelsiusDelhi has experienced five cold days and five cold wave days in January so far the highest in the past 13 years according to India Meteorological Department data reported PTIThe city witnessed mainly clear skies with moderate fog according to the IMDThe visibility improved at various observatories in Delhi late night on Tuesday with Safdarjung recording a visibility of 500 metres and Palam recording 700 metres at 1145 pmDelhis IGI Airport reported a visibility of 600 metres from 530 amDelhi airport is experiencing heavy delays in flight operations due to dense fog and bad weather 22 international departures are delayed 20 international arrivals delayed 31 domestic arrivals and 46 domestic departures said an official from Airport Delhi reported ANITwentyfour Delhibound trains were delayed by one to six hours due to fog in parts of northern India according to the Indian RailwaysAround 24 longdistance trains to Delhi were also running behind schedule by up to five hours or more due to fog The BhubaneswarNew Delhi Rajdhani Express 22823 is delayed by 6 hours and 30 minutes according to Indian Railway reported ANIThe PuriNew Delhi Purushottam Express 12801 RewaAnand Vihar Express 12427 and AzamgarhDelhi Jn Kaifiyat Express 12225 are all delayed by over 6 hours reported ANISeveral other trains including the HowrahNew Delhi Rajdhani Express 12301 Rajendra NagarNew Delhi Rajdhani Exp 12309 SealdahNew Delhi Rajdhani 12313 DibrugarhNew Delhi Rajdhani Exp 12423 BangaloreNizamuddin Rajdhani Exp 22691 KanpurNew Delhi Shaurajkranti Exp 12451 KatiharAmritsar Express 15707 SaharsaNew Delhi Vaishali Express 12553 PrayagrajNew Delhi Express 12417 Rajendra NagarNew Delhi Exp 12393 BanarasNew Delhi Express 12559 AmbedkarnagarKatara Express 12919 ChennaiNew Delhi Express 12615 and 12621 HyderabadNew Delhi Express 12723 KamakhyaDelhi Jn Brahmaputra Mail 15658 and ManikpurNizamuddin Express 12447 are delayed by between 1 and 4 hours said Railway reported ANIThe JabalpurNizamuddin Express 12192 is delayed by 30 minutes reported ANIThe Air Quality Index AQI in the city continued to remain in the very poor category The AQI at 9 am was recorded at 392 in the national capital which was a marginal increase from 376 recorded on TuesdayAn AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severeThe relative humidity at 830 am was at 97 per cent the IMD saidWith inputs from ANI