Cloudy morning in Delhi, rain likely

Delhi: It was a cloudy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 27.2 degrees Celsius, officials said.

The city is likely to get rain during the day and the maximum temperature is expected to settle around 33 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The humidity at 8.30 AM was 83 per cent.

Meanwhile, the city’s air quality was recorded in the “satisfactory” category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of at 77 at 9 am on Monday.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), an AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.

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On Sunday, the national capital Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 35.5 degrees Celsius, 0.7 notch below normal, while the minimum temperature settled at 25.2 degrees Celsius , 1.1 notch below the normal.

Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘satisfactory’ category at 4 pm on Sunday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 75, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.