Gurugram: The population woke up on the winter morning this season on Tuesday, with mercury dipping to 4.8 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.
This is the lowest minimum temperature of the season so far.
The lowest previous low was 7 degrees Celsius on Monday.
The maximum temperature of Tuesday reaches 21.4 degrees Celsius, equal to Monday.
Mercury is likely to rise gradually from Wednesday, an official from the Meteorology Department of India (IMD) said.
According to the department, two Western disorders in rapid succession – the first on December 24 and others from December 26 – it might greatly affect the region.
“As a result, light rainfall is likely to be excessive in the insulated parts of Haryana between 26 and 29 December.
With the slowdown in the northwest wind and changes in the pattern of wind, both the minimum and maximum temperatures tend to increase.
There will be a gradual increase in the minimum temperature of 3-5 ° C in most Haryana for the next four days and there was no significant change after, “said the official.
According to the Weekly Estimated IMD on Wednesday will see some cloudy conditions during the day with the possibility of shallow fog in the morning.
The minimum and maximum temperature tends to direct around 6 and 21 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the smoke fog layer was shrouded in the city on Tuesday because the air quality index (AQI) worsened to the ‘very poor’ category after three days’ poor ”.
Aqi as a whole was recorded at 314, up from 284 on Monday.
It was 287 on Saturday and 207 on Sundays.
“Low and calm winds and poor ventilation prevents dispersion of pollutants.
Meteorological conditions tend to remain the same for the next three-four days.
After that, some improvements can be witnessed,” said IMD officials.
The air quality is ‘severe’ in Sitch Vikas with aqi 404 reading, while ‘very poor’ at 359 in sector 51.
Both Teri Gram and Gwaldahari each recorded AQI at 246 and 273.