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Thunder, lightning likely in Delhi

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The city on Thursday recorded a minimum temperature of 23.8 degrees Celsius, 1.3 notches below the season’s average.

The weather office has predicted a partly cloudy sky with possibility of thunder and lightning.

The maximum temperature is expected to settle at 36 degrees Celsius.

The air quality was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category at 9 am on Thursday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 128, 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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