From correspondents in Delhi, India, 12:02 PM IST

Delhiites woke up to a misty morning Friday. The temperature dropped to 9.7 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said.

'There was mist and shallow fog in the morning. There will be mainly clear sky during the day. It may get cloudy in the evening,' an official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

According to the IMD, the minimum temperature recorded in the morning was 9.7 degrees, a degree above average. The maximum temperature would hover around 26 degrees Celsius, the official added.

'General visibility has been around 800 metres in the morning hours so far,' he said.

The maximum recorded Thursday was 25.7 degrees Celsius, a notch above the average for this time of the year.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)