New Delhi: Delhi on Wednesday morning recorded a minimum temperature of 7.4 degrees Celsius and fog engulfed many parts of the city. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that due to fog and cloudy weather, many areas of Delhi may get cold during the day. The residents of the city have been facing the situation of “chill day” since last Thursday.
The Safdarjung Observatory also recorded January 14 and January 15 as “cold days”. According to the IMD, a “cold day” is when the minimum temperature is below 10 °C and the maximum temperature is at least 4.5 °C below normal. “Severe” cold conditions occur when maximum temperatures are at least 6.5 degrees below normal. The IMD said that under the influence of a fresh Western Disturbance, the minimum temperature is likely to increase by two to four degrees Celsius over Northwest India during the next five days.
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Due to Western Disturbance, rain is likely over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and North Rajasthan from January 21 to January 23. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board shows that Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category (330). According to the pollution measurement app ‘Sameer’, on Wednesday morning the AQI of Ghaziabad was 332, Noida 324, Greater Noida 322, Faridabad 354, Gurugram 326.
AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 to 400 Between 500 is considered ‘severe’. (agency)