Cold wave conditions further intensified in New Delhi on Saturday as icy winds blew through the city bringing down the minimum temperature to 5.2 degree Celsius, the lowest in the season so far. Met office says that Saturday’s minimum is three degrees below normal for this time of the year and lowest on December 26 in the last five years, <br/>On Friday, the minimum was 7.4 degree Celsius while on Thursday it was 6.1 degree. The Met office said northwesterly winds blowing over north India and snowfall in higher reaches of Himachal and Kashmir valley have brought down the temperature in the city.<br/>AIR correspondent reports that a thin layer of fog also engulfed the city skyline in the morning reducing the visibility to 700 metres. However, flight movement was not affected due to the fog.<br/>The Weatherman has predicted mist in the morning with maximum and minimum likely to hover around 21 and five degrees Celsius respectively on Sunday. Meanwhile, cold wave sweeping most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday intensified, with Rohtak and Amritsar registering bone-chilling minimum temperatures. Rohtak in Haryana and Amritsar in Punjab braved the season's coldest night so far at 0 degrees Celsius and 0.5 degrees Celsius each, down by six and 3 notches. The MET office said in Chandigarh that biting cold also prevailed in most parts of Haryana, including Karnal, Ambala, Narnaul and Hisar. There was no respite from cold wave for the people in Chandigarh, where the minimum settled at 4.2 deg C, down two notches. Ludhiana and Patiala in Punjab were also under the influence of piercing cold, recording minimums of 3.1 degree Celsius and 3.7 degree, down three notches each. Cold wave conditions in the region are likely to continue over the next few days, according to the Met Department forecast. <br/>