Several parts of the national capital experienced very dense to dense fog conditions while the minimum temperature settled at 9.4 degrees on Friday morning.

An orange alert has been issued for Delhi for the day with shallow to moderate fog and cold day conditions likely at a few places, officials said.

The weather department noted that continuous cloud cover and absence of sunlight over the regions led to the maximum temperature in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and north Madhya Pradesh dropping way below normal, in the range of 2-6 degrees Celsius.

Northern India experienced severe cold day conditions as the maximum temperature remained several notches below season normal.

Maximum temperatures in parts of Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, UP, and north MP dropped below the normal, in the range of 2-6 degrees Celsius.