Max temp plunges to 19.5 degrees Celsius

New Delhi: It was a cold and breezy day in the national capital with the maximum temperature plunging to 19.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average.

The minimum temperature was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the normal, said a Met department official. The humidity oscillated between 95 per cent and 41 per cent.

The Met office has forecast partly cloudy skies along with mist and shallow fog in the morning and haze and smoke thereafter for Tuesday.

"The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 19 and 6 degrees Celsius respectively," the weatherman said.

On Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures settled at 23.5 and 8.5 degrees Celsius respectively.