Delhi's mercury likely to dip 2-4°C in 2-3 days: IMD

A western disturbance impacting Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh led to a slight increase in Delhi's minimum temperature on Sunday, which rose to 6.5 degrees Celsius (°C) in comparison to the 5.5°C the previous day.

However, Sunday's low was still two notches below the normal for this time of the year, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

Minimum temperatures are expected to fall by 2-4°C over many parts of northwest India in the next two to three days, IMD said, with Delhi's low expected to dip to 5°C by December 21. "Though the western disturbance is not directly impacting Delhi, it is still leading to cloudiness, which has raised the minimum slightly and halted the dip in temperature. Mercury should remain around 6-7°C for the next three days," said Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist at IMD.