The temperature in Delhi dropped below 5 degrees Celsius on Friday morning, making it the coldest morning of the season. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Safdarjung, the main observatory in the nation’s capital, recorded a low temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature in other parts of the city, such as Lodhi Road and Ayanagar, was recorded at 5 or 6 degrees Celsius.
At a low temperature of 4.2 degrees Celsius, Hisar in Haryana was the coldest location in India’s plains. On Friday, severe fog was reported over several areas of Punjab and across portions of Delhi. According to the IMD, there was also shallow to moderate fog this morning in a few isolated areas of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura.
This morning, visibility was reported to be less than 500 meters in some parts of north India. According to the IMD, fog was seen in several areas of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, North Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
Additionally, it stated that during this week, no appreciable fluctuations in temperature were anticipated in any of these places. In certain regions of the nation, a decrease in the minimum temperature is anticipated during the course of the upcoming week.
IMD has stated that shallow fog is predicted for Delhi for the next four days. This occurs in the wake of a few days of below-average temperatures in the nation’s capital.
The IMD reports that Delhi saw its lowest temperature of the season on Thursday, at 6.2 degrees Celsius. According to the IMD’s weather advisory, the temperature reached a high of 24.1 degrees Celsius, which is one degree over the season’s normal.
On Friday, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported that the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi improved from the “very poor” category to the “poor” category. Nonetheless, with an AQI of 333, the national capital’s Punjabi Bagh neighborhood continued to have “very poor” air quality.
As to the CPCB’s statistics, the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the last 24 hours was 326, which falls under the’very bad’ category. An AQI of 0–50 is regarded as “good,” 51–100 as “satisfactory,” 101–200 as “moderate,” 201–300 as “poor,” 301–400 as “very poor,” and 401–500 as “severe.”
