At 2.9C, Delhi records its coldest morning this season

Bone-chilling temperatures greeted people on Thursday (January 15, 2026) as the national capital recorded its coldest morning of the season. Safdarjung, the city’s primary weather station, recorded its lowest January minimum since 2023 at 2.9°C.

The minimum temperature had dropped to 1.4°C on January 16, 2023.

Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 2.3°C, while the mercury at Lodhi Road settled at 3.4°C. The Ridge station reported a low of 4.5°C, and Ayanagar logged 2.7°C.

The minimum temperature recorded at Palam was its lowest since 2010. The second lowest was recorded on January 7, 2013, when the mercury had dropped to 2.6°C.

All weather stations in Delhi recorded temperatures way below the normal, pointing to the persistence of cold wave conditions across the city. The national capital has been reeling under cold wave conditions for the past four days, and it is expected to persist even tomorrow.

The maximum temperature on Thursday (January 15, 2026) is expected to hover around 21°C.

Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category with the Air Quality Index (AQI) settling at 349, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.