Delhi woke up to a warm morning as the minimum temperature was recorded at 12.6 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, 0.1 degrees above the season’s normal, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The maximum temperature is expected to settle at 29.9 degrees C, with a forecast of mainly clear skies.
Station-wise data showed that Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 13.8 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees above normal. Lodhi Road recorded 12.4 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees above normal, while Ridge logged 14.8 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees above normal.
Ayanagar recorded 12.5 degrees Celsius, 0.2 degrees below normal. No rainfall was recorded at these stations till 8:30 am.
On the air quality front, the AQI remained in the ‘poor’ category at 237 at 9 am.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.
