New Delhi, Oct 17 The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius on Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department forecasting mostly clear skies for the next few days.
The Safdarjung monitoring station, representative of the city’s weather, recorded a low of 20 degrees Celsius, 0.6 degree more than Friday, IMD data showed.
The maximum temperature on Saturday is likely to be around 31-33 degrees Celsius.
Palam recorded a minimum of 19.2 degrees Celsius, Lodhi Road 19.3 degrees Celsius, while Ayanagar recorded a low of 19.1 degrees Celsius.
“Mostly clear skies are expected to persist for the next few days,” an IMD official said.
On the weather front, the air quality index (AQI) fell to ‘moderate’ at 9 am on Saturday at 134, as compared to the 24-hour average AQI of 90 – ‘satisfactory’ – at 4 pm on Friday, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to 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)
