Delhi experienced heavy rains since the start of the week, leading to low visibility conditions and a minimum temperature of 15.8 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the month in at least 13 years.
The all-time low of 15.2 degrees Celsius – since the weather keeping started – was recorded on May 2, 1982.
Citizens took to Twitter to marvel at the strange weather. Several users took the opportunity to share images and videos of the shallow fog which was enveloping the city. Many even compared it to the fog seen during the months of November and December.
One user wrote, “Is everyone in Delhi waking up to a May FOG? “, while another wrote, “Fog on a May morning in Delhi. Never ever before have I experienced this in over 4 decades of living in this city. This is surreal!”.
Here are some of the other reactions;
Time Traveller: *moves a chair*
Delhi NCR weather in May:#DelhiWeather #delhincr #noida #greaternoida #weather #fog #mist pic.twitter.com/y11yhlD7gd— Bitthal Yadav (@bitthal_yadav) May 3, 2023
Fog in May? Now I have seen everything in life. #Delhi pic.twitter.com/dl2icLB3D1
— Stereotypewriter (@babumoshoy) May 4, 2023
MAY MEIN FOG KYU HAI? DELHI FORGOT ITS SUMMERS pic.twitter.com/nYwje5vuv6
— ansh ???? (@rabbabAnsh) May 3, 2023
May 2023, Delhi.
Fog engulfed the city. pic.twitter.com/08afK28GKs— Loveleen Kaur (@iloveleen) May 4, 2023
Fog observed over several parts of the National Capital, #IGIAirport #Palam reported lowest visibility of 800m#NewDelhi #Delhi #Fog pic.twitter.com/l0SvcOzKdV
— usd (@usd0705) May 4, 2023
#Weather #Delhi NCR#NCR#Fog#Winter#Hill station #Climate Change pic.twitter.com/ZuEYBWIvH6
— Hemant Atri (@drhemantatri) May 4, 2023
Delhi Today Fog in BAKHTAWARPUR DELHI 110036 pic.twitter.com/MJ4SWPVfau
— VEENIT SHANDILYA (@veenitshandilya) May 4, 2023
???? GLOBAL WARMING ????
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FOG in Delhi this Morning and it’s still Increasing but it’s summers????
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Kal din mai bhot tez Bin Mausam Barrish or Ole pade or aj subah subah Fog Deekhne mil Rahi h ????
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Global Warming ka asar
.@Indiametdept @ndtvindia @ajtak_news @ABPNews @BBCHindi pic.twitter.com/x1g8oKZd98— SSR Gaming (@SSRGaming18) May 4, 2023
According to weather department officials, the high moisture content in the air, calm winds and a significant difference between the daytime and nighttime temperatures created conditions that were favourable for fog formation.
The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s primary weather station, recorded 30 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Thursday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also issued an alert and predicted fresh rainfall and hailstorms for the next five days across Delhi-NCR.
Weather forecast for the next 5 days. pic.twitter.com/pZiVeoLtan
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 3, 2023
The Met office has predicted below-normal maximum temperatures and fewer heatwave days in northwest India in May.
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