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Air quality in Delhi moderate

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Delhi woke up to a pleasant morning on Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling at 15.8 degrees Celsius, 0.7 notches below the season’s normal.

At Palam, the minimum settled at 15.9 degrees Celsius, marginally below normal, while Lodhi Road recorded 15.3 degrees Celsius, registering a drop of 1.5 degrees over the previous day.

The Ridge station recorded 15 degrees Celsius, the lowest among the observatories and 2.7 degrees below normal. Ayanagar logged a minimum of 15.2 degrees Celsius, also below the season’s average.

Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) being clocked at 139, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

According to the CPCB, an AQI between 0 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’.

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The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 32 degrees Celsius.

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