New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) It was a cold Monday morning in the national capital, with the minimum temperature dipping to five notches below the season's average at 12 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.

"The sky was clear in the morning. It will become partly cloudy by the later part of the day," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

However, the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 29 degrees Celsius.

The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 76 per cent.

On Sunday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 13.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average, while the maximum was 28.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal.

--IANS nks/ksk