Delhi Tuesday remained under the grip of cold wave with the minimum temperature settling below the normal level.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.6 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal for this time of the year.
The minimum yesterday was 4.7 degrees Celsius but the maximum rose to 15.6 degree Celsius.
However, there was no dense fog in the city. Flight operations were normal at the IGI airport as there was good visibility.
Low temperature coupled with icy winds from the northern mountains have made life difficult for the people and te capital has recorded at least three cold-related deaths
since December 26.
According to MeT statistics, the record for the highest maximum for the month of January was 32.5 degree Celsius recorded on the 28th of 2004. The record minimum is -0.6 degree Celsius recorded on 16th of the month in 1935.
In the last decade, only last year the minimum did not drop below five degree Celsius. In 2006, the minimum dropped to 0.2 degrees on January eight while two years later, the lowest minimum was 1.9 degrees on 2nd of the month.
The mean minimum for the month of January is 7.3 degree Celsius while the mean maximum is 21.1 degrees.