New Delhi, Oct 14 The national capital saw a slight increase in temperature on Wednesday, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast light rain in several places for the next two days, officials said
Safdarjung, the city’s representative weather station, recorded a minimum temperature of 22.4 degrees Celsius, 2.8 degrees above the normal and 1.2 degrees higher than the previous day. The maximum temperature was 33.3 degrees Celsius, 0.1 degrees above normal and 0.8 degrees higher than Tuesday.
Other weather stations also recorded a slight increase in minimum temperature, while some stations logged a slight dip in the maximum temperature. Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 21.6 degrees Celsius, 1.8 degrees higher than the day before. Palam’s maximum temperature was 32 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees below the normal and 0.6 degrees more than Tuesday.
Lodhi Road recorded a minimum of 23.2 degrees Celsius, while Ridge recorded 21.1 degrees. The maximum at Lodhi Road was 33 degrees Celsius, 1.2 degrees higher than the day before, and the maximum at Ridge was 31.6 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, a 0.2-degree decrease from Tuesday.
The IMD has forecast light to moderate rain for Thursday.
“Generally, cloudy skies are expected to persist on Thursday. A spell of very light to light rain at many places, with moderate rain at isolated places, is possible, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds of speed 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph during the afternoon to evening,” an IMD official said.
The official said another spell of very light to light rain may occur at many places during the night as well.
According to the IMD forecast, the maximum temperature on Thursday is likely to be around 28-30 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature is likely to be around 19-21 degrees Celsius.
The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the moderate category on Wednesday. At 4 pm, the 24-hour average AQI was 181 (moderate), up from 158 (moderate) at the same time on Tuesday, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported.
As per CPCB standards, an AQI of 0-50 is considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’, and 401-500 ‘severe’.
(PTI News)
