IMD: Delhi witnesses coldest October in 58 years

The India Meteorological Department on Saturday said that the month of October was the coldest in Delhi since 1962. The mean minimum temperature in October was 17.2 degrees Celcius. On Oct 29, Delhi's minimum temperature plummeted to 12.5 degrees Celcius. 

The month of October was the coldest in 58 years in the national capital, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

Normally, Delhi records a mean minimum temperature of 19.1 degrees Celsius in October.

On Thursday, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius -- the lowest in the month of October in 26 years. The last time Delhi recorded such a low temperature was in 1994.

The normal minimum temperature for this time of the year is 15-16 degrees Celsius, the IMD said.

Delhi had recorded its all-time low temperature of 9.4 degrees Celsius on October 31, 1937, he said.