Delhi is likely to witness a thunderstorm accompanied by rain on Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The city recorded a minimum temperature of 23.9 degrees Celsius, 1.7 degrees below the season’s average, while the maximum is expected to hover around 35 degrees Celsius. Humidity was 87 per cent at 8:30 am.
The national capital’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 79 at 9 am, placing it in the ‘satisfactory’ category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). An AQI between 51 and 100 falls in this range.
On Sunday, Delhi had logged a maximum temperature of 34.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 25.1 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degree below normal. Relative humidity was 80 per cent at 5:30 pm.
Weather conditions remained mostly dry across the NCR on Sunday, with only light, scattered rainfall in parts of the city. The Ridge recorded 5.7 mm of rain till 8:30 am, while Mayur Vihar and Pitampura reported 16 mm and 1.5 mm, respectively. No rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung, Palam, Ayanagar, Pusa, Najafgarh and Janakpuri stations.
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The AQI stood at 74 at 4 pm on Sunday, also in the ‘satisfactory’ range, CPCB data showed.
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