New Delhi: The national capital woke up in the coldest morning this season on Sunday because the minimum temperature dropped to 4.6 degrees Celsius in Safdarjung.
The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) has estimated that the maximum temperature tends to float around 18 degrees Celsius.
A cold wind blew in the south at a speed of 7.5 km per hour.
The city observes the sunrise at 7.09 in the morning and the sun will likely be set at 5:29 a.m.
In the last 24 hours, the maximum temperature is recorded at 17.8 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, and the minimum is 6.4 degrees.
Delhi will continue to witness cooler weather in the coming days, said IMD, adding that “snow dropped in many areas of Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh had an impact on the plains”.
Air quality and weather forecasting systems and research (Safar) said the air quality index (AQI) in the national capital was 183 for PM10 and 102 for PM2.5.
As PM10 lasts more than 100, the IMD has issued a ‘moderate’ health advisor which means that sensitive people must consider reducing prolonged or severe activities and working outdoors.
PM2.5 levels are also under ‘poor’ category.
Usually, air quality is categorized as ‘good’ when AQI is between 0 to 50; ‘satisfying’ between 51-100; ‘Moderate’ between 101-200; ‘Poor’ between 201-300; ‘Very poor’ between 301-400; ‘Severe’ between 401-500; And ‘dangerous’ in more than 500.
Delhi, generally, has good air quality to satisfy.
However, the level of pollution during October to February was due to various factors including the burning of mounts, road dust, vehicle pollution, and cold weather caused setbacks at AQI.
In particular, Delhi has 36 monitoring stations that accurately record the second level of particles.
In accordance with the latest updates at 10.56 in the morning.
Other pollutants Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and Ozone (O3) are recorded 33 and 59 respectively.
Data for carbon monoxide (CO) is not available.
(With input from IANs)