Commuters and pedestrians at ITO on a bright sunny morning. (Photo: Ahona Sengupta)
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 25.1 degrees Celsius on Friday, with the weather office predicting a clear sky for the day.
The maximum is expected to settle around 35 degrees Celsius, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
No rainfall was recorded in the city in the past 24 hours. The relative humidity stood at 79 per cent at 8.30 am.
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Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 114 at 8 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The AQI falls in the moderate category.
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.
On Thursday, the national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 35.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday, a notch above normal, while the minimum settled at 24.6 degrees Celsius, officials at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The humidity oscillated between 66 per cent at 8.30 am and 53 per cent at 5.30 pm. No rainfall was recorded in the city in the past 24 hours, the weather office stated.
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