Warm welcome to New Year with mercury at 250C

Delhi prepared for a relatively warm New Year’s Eve as the maximum temperature in the day touched 25.1 degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal for December 31.

The minimum temperature too was one degree above normal at 8.2 degrees Celsius, the weather office reported.

The weather is likely to remain relatively warm over the next seven days, forecasts showed with maximum temperatures between 24 and 25 degrees Celsius.

Delhi’s temperatures were in line with the rest of North India on Thursday except Jammu and Kashmir.

However, the mercury dipped marginally in most parts of North India on the last day of the year which dawned with a blanket of thick fog covering vast swathes, including Uttar Pradesh.

In the national Capital, residents woke up to a foggy morning with the minimum temperature being recorded at 8.2 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday, it stood at 8.5 degrees.

The visibility was recorded 400 metres at 5.30 am and 600 metres at 8.30 am, met officials said here.

After a brief let-up in the past few days, people in Uttar Pradesh were greeted with chill in the air this morning with heavy fog engulfing some parts of the state.