Delhi Rain: Moderate rain likely in city

Delhi on Wednesday recorded a minimum temperature of 22.8 degrees Celsius, 2.8 degrees below normal, with the weather office predicting moderate rain.

The relative humidity at 8.30 am was 97 per cent.

The city’s primary weather station Safdarjung reported 19.8 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 am. Palam reported 9.1 mm rainfall, Lodhi road 11.4 mm rainfall, Ridge 28.2 mm rainfall and Ayanagar 5.7 rainfall.

The maximum temperature is expected to settle at 32 degrees Celsius, the IMD said. The air quality was recorded in the ‘satisfactory’ category as the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 9 am stood at 52.

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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