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Delhi Weather: As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature for Thursday is expected to drop to somewhere around 5 degree. Delhi had been recording 8-11 degrees for the last couple of days. Meanwhile, minimum temperatures plummeted several degrees below the freezing point at most places in Kashmir owing to a clear sky as cold conditions tightened its grip over the Valley, officials said on Thursday. The cold wave has been intensifying across much of north India since Wednesday with mercury dropping in parts of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh approaching the freezing point.

IMD Weather: Rain And Snow Forecast

The IMD said there is a possibility of rain and snowfall in parts of northwest India later in the week owing to a western disturbance. The IMD said in its Wednesday bulletin that minimum temperatures are likely to fall by about 2 degrees Celsius in northwest India during the next 24 hours and a gradual rise by 2-4 degrees thereafter.

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The weather department said that cold wave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab on Thursday and Friday; Rajasthan on Friday; Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday and Saturday.

Delhi AQI

The air quality in Delhi was in the ‘poor’ category on Thursday morning, with the AQI at 299 at 7 am, as per the data of the Central Pollution Control Board. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good,' 51 and 100 'satisfactory,' 101 and 200 'moderate,' 201 and 300 'poor,' 301 and 400 'very poor,' and 401 and 500 'severe.'

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Himachal Weather

Several areas of the hill state of Himachal Pradesh have been witnessing freezing cold weather, with Tabo in the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district recording the coldest temperature at night on Wednesday, dipping to minus 13.6 degrees Celsius. Officials cited in a news agency PTI report said also added that there is a possibility of snowfall in the mid and high hills on Saturday and Sunday. Like on Wednesday, the weather department issued a yellow warning for Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi districts for Thursday.

Kashmir Weather

In Jammu and Kashmir, after a brief respite, cold in the Kashmir Valley intensified on Wednesday with night temperatures falling below the freezing point. The minimum temperature in Srinagar was recorded at minus 1 degree Celsius, down from the previous night's 0.9 degrees, it said. The city had witnessed bright sunshine in the morning. Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 9.8 degrees Celsius, compared to the previous night's minus 6.6 degrees, and was the coldest recorded place in the valley.