The season’s coldest morning in Delhi is 6.5°C, and the minimum temperature will drop even lower. The national capital saw its coldest morning of the season on Monday, with a minimum temperature of 6.5°C.
The recorded temperature was more than three degrees below the typical minimum temperature of 9.6°C, according to the Met Office.
The current pattern of temperatures is expected to last for at least the next five days, according to the Met Office, meaning that the minimum temperature will stay below average. The lowest temperature recorded on Saturday was 8.5 degrees Celsius.
In the meantime, Delhi-NCR’s air quality continued to be classified as “very poor.” At 7 am on Monday, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported that the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was 314.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast that until Tuesday, the air quality would probably stay in the “very poor” category.
The city’s’very poor’ Air Quality Index (AQI) at 6 p.m. was 312. It was captured on Saturday at 322 at 6:00 p.m.
At 5:30 p.m., the relative humidity measured was 60%.
An AQI of 0–50 is regarded as “good,” 51–100 as “satisfactory,” 101–200 as “moderate,” 201–300 as “poor,” 301–400 as “very poor,” 401–450 as “severe,” and 450 and above as “severe-plus.”
