India, March 3 -- Cold, northwesterly winds with speeds of 10-20 kmph kept Delhi's temperature and pollution levels in check on Sunday as the Capital recorded a slight dip in both maximum and minimum, and logged a "moderate" air day for a third day in a row.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast the wind direction to predominantly remain the same this week, and has predicted that the cold winds will not allow the mercury to significantly rise.

On Sunday, the minimum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory - representative of Delhi's weather - was 14.2 degrees Celsius (degC), a notch above normal, but nearly 2.5degC below the previous day's minimum.

The maximum, meanwhile, was 27degC, marginally below normal for this ...