Colder end to Feb this season as min temp hovers near 8°C mark

Delhi woke up to another chilly morning on Sunday, as winter dragged its feet on its exit, giving the Capital an unusually cold end to February.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

Sunday's minimum temperature was 8.3°C, four degrees below normal and marginally lower than 8.7°C on Saturday. The minimum on Friday was 7.6°C, which was the city's coldest day in the last week of February since 2019, when the temperature dipped to 7°C (February 28).

This cold spell is, however, likely to make way soon, with a western disturbance at the start of the next week likely to pull temperatures up, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

"The dip in minimum temperatures has primarily been down to clear skies. The absence of clouds keeps the days warm and nights cool because the heat generated during the day is able to disperse into the atmosphere easily at night, said IMD scientist Kuldeep Srivastava.