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Minimum temperature settles at 17.8 degrees Celsius in Delhi

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Delhi recorded an above-normal minimum temperature of 17.8 degrees Celsius on Monday morning, while the air quality remained ‘poor’.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Safdarjung observatory, considered the city’s primary weather station, recorded a minimum temperature of 17.8 degrees Celsius, which is 3.8 degrees above normal.

Among other stations, Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 18.1 degrees Celsius, while Lodhi Road logged 17.7 degrees Celsius, around 4.7 degrees above normal.

The Ridge station recorded the highest minimum temperature among the major observatories at 18.4 degrees Celsius, which is 3.2 degrees above normal, while Ayanagar registered 16.8 degrees Celsius, 3.6 degrees above normal, IMD data showed.

The weather department has forecast a maximum temperature of around 37 degrees Celsius for the day, with the sky expected to remain partly cloudy.

Meanwhile, the city’s air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category on Wednesday morning, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 268 at 9 am, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Under 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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