The temperature in Delhi plunged to 11 degrees Celsius amid light rain on Thursday morning as the cold wave continued to sweep the northern states.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light or moderate rainfall in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh on February 3 and 4 with its peak intensity on February 3.

"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and wind speed of 20-30 kmph would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of entire Delhi and NCR  during the next two hours," IMD said in a tweet at 7 am.

Meanwhile, the air quality today remained in the "very poor" category as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 318, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

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