The national capital on Thursday recorded its hottest day this month as the maximum temperature settled at 40.6 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, with a ‘yellow’ alert in place during the late night hours for thunderstorms and gusty winds.
The ‘yellow’ alert, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), stands for ‘be updated’. The weather office has predicted a partly cloudy sky, a spell of very light to light rain accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning and strong winds with speeds around 40 to 50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph during the evening or night.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature was 23.4 degrees Celsius.
The air quality was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category at 154. In the morning hours, the AQI stood at 134, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
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’.
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