Delhi continued to experience dropping temperatures, with Thursday recording the season’s coldest night so far at 10.2 degrees Celsius. The night time temperature recorded on Wednesday was 11.2 degrees Celsius, while Tuesday night saw a low of 12.3 degrees Celsius, making them the second and third lowest of the season so far, according to the India Meteorological Department.
During the same period last year, the temperature dropped to 10.6 degrees Celsius in 2023 and 11.5 degrees Celsius in 2022, according to the data. The city, covered in a blanket of fog and smitten by chilly wind, saw a maximum temperature of 27 degrees Celsius, 0.8 notch below the normal. The humidity levels fluctuated between 80 per cent and 64 per cent during the day, according to the weather department.
The IMD has forecast shallow fog for Friday, with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to settle at 27 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius.
According to the Meteorological Department, the humidity level during the day was between 80 percent and 64 percent. The Meteorological Department said in its forecast that there will be light fog in the capital on Friday. The Meteorological Department has predicted the maximum temperature of Delhi to be around 27 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature to be around 10 degrees Celsius.
Delhi has become the most polluted city in India with an average PM 2.5 level of 243.3 micrograms per cubic meter and a 19.5 percent increase in pollution week-on-week. According to the ‘Air Quality Analysis’ report by ‘Respire Living Sciences’, Delhi ranks last in the list of cities in terms of air quality at number 281. ‘Respire Living Sciences’ analyzed PM2.5 levels in 281 cities from November 3 to 16. The major pollutant was PM 2.5. These are microscopic particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less. These are roughly equal to the width of a human hair.
