India, Jan. 13 -- Residents of Gurugram are reeling under an intense cold wave even on Tuesday, a day after the city recorded a historic 0.6 degrees Celsius, its lowest temperature in nearly five decades and colder than several Himalayan hill stations. Delhi isn't far behind and is freezing at a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius.

According to the India Meteorological Department data, Gurugram's 0.6 degrees reading was logged on Monday morning, matching the city's January 22, 1977 low. Such extreme cold is rare, the city has gone lower than this only three times on record: minus 0.4 degrees Celsius on December 5, 1966, 0 degrees Celsius on January 11, 1970, and 0.3 degrees Celsius on January 22, 1979.

On Monday, Gurugram was colde...