Delhiites shivered as cold winds lashed the national capital on Thursday, bringing down the maximum temperature by eight degrees to 14.4 degrees Celsius, the month’s coldest in 19 years.
The overnight rains brought down the temperature in the city, with people waking up, cloudy and foggy mornings. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a Western Disturbance has lashed Delhi with wind speed of 30 to 30 minutes. brought down the temperature with 40 kilometers per hour.
The maximum temperature recorded on Thursday is the lowest this month in 19 years. The maximum temperature recorded in the national capital was 14.3 degree Celsius on February 1, 2003. Thursday’s maximum temperature was the fourth lowest temperature of the month recorded in the last 71 years.
The maximum temperature recorded on February 1, 1970 was 12.3 °C, which is the lowest recorded for this month. Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 13.9 °C on February 21, 1954, which is the second lowest maximum temperature recorded for the month. The minimum temperature on Thursday morning was recorded at 11 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal.
The national capital recorded 0.2 mm of rain between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. The humidity level ranged between 74 per cent and 95 per cent. The Ayanagar observatory recorded 13.8 degrees Celsius, eight notches below the season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 10.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal.
Palam observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 14.8 degrees Celsius, eight notches below normal, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 10.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal. The Meteorological Department has predicted partly cloudy sky with very light rain or drizzle on Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to remain at 17 and 9 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The IMD said that the maximum temperature of Delhi on Wednesday was recorded at 23.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal. The city witnessed moderate fog on Wednesday morning and the minimum temperature was recorded at 11.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average. Despite the rains, Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category as the 24-hour air quality index (AQI) stood at 321 at 4 pm.
Neighboring Faridabad had an AQI of 331, Ghaziabad 305 and Gurugram 320. Greater Noida’s AQI was 279 and Noida’s was 295, both in the ‘poor’ category.
AQI between zero and 50 is ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 and 500 ‘very poor’ considered serious. According to the government’s air quality forecasting agency SAFAR, the AQI is likely to improve due to rain and strong winds.
“Intermittent rains are expected on Friday which will further improve the AQI to ‘low end of poor’ or ‘moderate’. From February 5, the air quality will gradually decrease as the rate of accumulation of pollutants through ventilation is more likely than that,” it said.
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