There is no break from the bitter cold, thick fog, and flight operations in Delhi.

There is no break from the bitter cold, thick fog, and flight operations in Delhi. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that there wouldn’t be any relief from the extreme cold and thick fog in Delhi and the surrounding North Indian states till January 28.

Up to the early hours of January 28, the meteorological service forecasted that Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh would have dense to extremely dense fog during the night or early morning.

Up until January 26, there would also be dense fog in a few isolated areas of northern Rajasthan. These states and Union territories would also experience chilly to extremely cold days until January 28.

According to the IMD, January has seen the most cold days and cold wave days in the nation’s capital in the previous 13 years, with five cold days and five cold wave days overall.

The official meteorological observatory in Delhi, Safdarjung, recorded a minimum temperature of 7.2 degrees Celsius at 5:30 am, which is 2.8 degrees below usual.

Thick fog caused visibility to be only 50 meters in Safdarjung and 25 meters in Palam. There are still issues with a number of aircraft and train operations. Images from the Indira Gandhi International Airport show automobiles driving on the road with very little visibility.

Additionally, the Delhi Airport sent out a fog advisory to X customers, requesting that they get in touch with the airline for “updated flight information” due to possible disruptions to operations.

This winter’s heavy fog has severely hampered flight operations; the Delhi airport became a chaotic scene as travelers waited in line for hours on end due to delays. Earlier this month, heavy fog forced the visibility to drop to zero, forcing the Delhi airport’s only operating CAT IIIB (designed to manage low visibility) runway to close for a few hours.

On Wednesday, Safdarjung recorded a lowest temperature of 8.3 degrees Celsius, which is one degree below normal, and a maximum temperature of 18.3 degrees Celsius, which is two degrees below the season’s average.