Cold wave continues in the Capital with the minimum temperature settling at 5.5 degrees Celsius which is three degrees below the normal for this time of the year.

The maximum temperature was 18.9 degrees Celsius which was also three degrees colder that the normal for this time of the season.

The Met Department has, meanwhile, forecast gusty winds during the day with cold wave conditions likely to persist at isolated pockets. Fog is expected in the morning.

The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle between 19 and 5 degrees Celsius respectively. The cold weather condition is likely to continue till the end of the week with possibility of rain/thundershowers on Thursday, the Met Department also said.

The air quality is also likely to deteriorate over the next two days taking it to “very poor” category.

Data provided by the Central Pollution Control Board stated that the overall air quality index in Delhi on Monday was 267, which falls under the ‘poor’ category.