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For those who expected the weekend to be another two days of basking in the sun on a wintry afternoon, Saturday came as a freezing blow. With the temperature dipping down to 6.5 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal, the city experienced the coldest day of the season. The maximum temperature too was three degrees below normal at 21.1 degrees Celsius and, if the MET department is to be believed, the situation might get worse over the next two days.

As if flight delays due to the fog were not bad enough, air travelers really seem to be getting the short end of the stick, as an Indian Airlines flight (IC-402) developed a technical snag and skidded a few feet off the runway after landing at the Delhi airport last night. And it was not just the passengers of this flight that had a harrowing time but passengers of other flights also had to suffer since this incident led to the diversion of all international flights to another secondary runway leading to further delays.

Its official now, winter has finally arrived in the city and its time for Delhiites to pull out their woolens and make the most of the pleasant weather. In the mornings one is greeted by a thin layer of mist and severe chill which gradually lessens as the sun rises higher into the sky leading to extremely pleasant afternoons and cool evenings

Strong winds and an unexpected drizzle on Wednesday afternoon came as good news for all those Delhiites who were worried at the prospect of having a less than chilly winter due to the unusually high temperatures prevailing over the past few days. In fact it continued raining right into the night in several areas of Delhi and NCR with more rains predicted for the weekend.