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The Delhi-NCR area is reeling beneath a chilly wave and with minimum temperatures plummeting sharply, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning for the approaching days.

According to the IMD‘s day by day climate bulletin launched on the night of 1 December, minimum temperatures in area have “fallen by about 2°C during the past 24 hours”, bringing the general vary of temperatures to a chilling 6-8°C.

The IMD went on to notice that minimum temperatures in Delhi “were appreciably below normal (-3.1 to -5.0°C)” at a number of locations, and “markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less)” at a couple of locations, conditions that fulfill the factors for a chilly wave, which is outlined as a -4.5°C to -6.4°C departure from regular when the minimum temperature at a station is 10°C or much less.

For occasion, Delhi’s major station Safdarjung, recorded a minimum temperature of simply 5.7°C on Monday, registering a major -4.6°C departure from the seasonal regular.

The Ayanagar and the Ridge monitoring stations additionally reported temperatures significantly under the seasonal regular, at -5.5°C every.

“These [minimum temperatures] are likely to rise by about 1°C during next 24 hours and fall by 2-3°C during subsequent 3 days,” the IMD mentioned in its day by day bulletin, forecasting colder nights to come back.

The forecast means that chilly wave conditions are “likely to persist over isolated places for the next five days.”

For the following few days as much as 7 December, Friday is projected to be the coldest, with the mercury expected to dip to a minimum of 5-7°C.

The IMD has additionally warned of shallow fog throughout morning hours from Tuesday onwards, one thing that would compound the chilliness and trigger visibility points for commuters and flights alike.

Improving air high quality, no promise of rain

The IMD report launched on Monday didn’t predict any rainfall for the forecast interval, with clear or partly skies largely expected, together with mist, haze, and shallow fog.

While that will have come as unhealthy information for Delhiites who had been reeling beneath distressing ranges of air air pollution for almost a month, air high quality ranges confirmed indicators of enchancment beginning Sunday, when the nationwide capital broke its 24-day streak of ‘very poor’ AQI, courtesy sturdy northwesterly winds.

On Monday morning, Delhi’s general AQI stood at 300, within the ‘poor’ class, marginally worse than Sunday’s AQI of 279.

The CPCB classifies an AQI studying between 0 and 50 as ‘good’, 51 and 100 as ‘passable’, 101 and 200 as ‘reasonable’, 201 and 300 as ‘poor’, 301 and 400 as ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 as ‘extreme’.

Full 7-day climate forecast for Delhi

• 1 December 2025 (Monday): Maximum Temperature 26.1°C / Minimum Temperature 5.7°C. Mainly Clear Sky. Mist/Haze in the course of the night time. Cold Wave conditions are seemingly at remoted locations.
• 2 December 2025 (Tuesday): Maximum Temperature 25-27°C / Minimum Temperature $8-10°C. Mainly Clear Sky. Shallow Fog in the course of the morning hours. Cold Wave conditions are seemingly at remoted locations.
• 3 December 2025 (Wednesday): Maximum Temperature 22-24°C / Minimum Temperature 7-9°C. Mainly Clear Sky. Shallow Fog in the course of the morning hours. Cold Wave conditions are seemingly at remoted locations.
• 4 December 2025 (Thursday): Maximum Temperature 22-24°C / Minimum Temperature 6-8°C. Mainly Clear Sky. Shallow Fog in the course of the morning hours. Cold Wave conditions are seemingly at remoted locations.
• 5 December 2025 (Friday): Maximum Temperature 22-24°C / Minimum Temperature 5-7°C. Partly Cloudy Sky. Shallow Fog in the course of the morning hours. Cold Wave conditions are seemingly at remoted locations.
• 6 December 2025 (Saturday): Maximum Temperature 22-24°C / Minimum Temperature 7-9°C. Partly Cloudy Sky. Shallow Fog in the course of the morning hours.
• 7 December 2025 (Sunday): Maximum Temperature 23-25°C / Minimum Temperature 8-10°C. Partly Cloudy Sky. Shallow Fog in the course of the morning hours.