New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) A cold morning greeted Delhiites Sunday while a veil of mist covered parts of the city as the minimum temperature settled at 10.3 degrees Celsius, a notch below the average for the season. The weatherman forecast rain towards the evening.

‘The sky was partly cloudy, and misty in the morning. The temperature is likely to come down as it might rain towards the evening,’ an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

‘Thundershowers along with a squall would bring down the temperature,’ the weatherman predicted.

The maximum temperature recorded Saturday was 23.8 degrees Celsius, a notch less than the average for the season.

The official said the maximum and the minimum temperature would stay around 23 and 11 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Humidity was recorded at 93 percent.