New Delhi, Oct 17 Delhi recorded a slight rise in both maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday, while the city’s air quality deteriorated to the moderate category, with the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AIQ) climbing to 159 from 90 a day earlier.
Safdarjung, representative of the city’s weather, recorded a maximum temperature of 32.6 degrees Celsius, 0.6 degree below normal but 0.8 degree higher than Friday. The minimum temperature settled at 20 degrees Celsius, 0.4 degree above normal and 0.6 degree higher than the previous day.
Other weather stations across the city also recorded a slight rise in temperatures.
Palam recorded a maximum temperature of 29.5 degrees Celsius, up 1.3 degrees from the previous day, while the minimum stood at 19.2 degrees Celsius, 1.2 degrees higher than Friday. Lodhi Road recorded a minimum temperature of 19.3 degrees Celsius, while Ayanagar registered 19.1 degrees Celsius.
“Mostly clear skies are expected to persist for the next few days,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
According to the IMD forecast, the maximum temperature is likely to remain between 31 and 33 degrees Celsius on Sunday, while the minimum is expected to hover between 19 and 21 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the city’s 24-hour average AQI was recorded at 159 at 4 pm on Saturday, placing it in the moderate category, compared with 90 in the satisfactory category at the same time on Friday, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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)
