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Air quality moderate in Delhi

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Delhi woke up to a pleasant morning on Friday, with the minimum temperature settling at 16.3 degrees Celsius, 3.7 degrees below the season’s normal.

Station-wise data showed Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 15.6 degrees Celsius, 4.4 degrees below normal.Lodhi Road recorded 15.2 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees below normal, while Ridge logged 15.9 degrees Celsius, 4.2 degrees below normal. Ayanagar recorded a minimum temperature of 15.1 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees below normal.

The weather office has forecast a maximum temperature of around 33 degrees Celsius, along with strong winds during the day.

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The city’s air quality settled in the ‘moderate’ category, with the AQI recorded at 141 at 9 am.

According to the CPCB classification, 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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