According to the Meteorological Department, the capital Delhi will remain in the ‘green zone’ for the next 6 days. On Saturday, the minimum temperature is expected to be around 24 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is expected to be around 35 degrees Celsius.
There is no possibility of good rain in the capital Delhi for a week. Due to this, the maximum temperature is likely to increase by two degrees. According to the Meteorological Department, Delhi will remain in the ‘green zone’ for the next 6 days and no warning will be issued and the sky is expected to remain cloudy on Saturday. On Saturday, the minimum temperature is likely to be around 24 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is likely to be around 35 degrees Celsius.
Most parts of Delhi witnessed bright sunshine since Friday morning. As the day progressed, the sunshine became even brighter. Due to the rains in the past few days, there is still moisture in the air. The maximum temperature of the day was recorded at 34.7 degrees Celsius at the Standard Observatory Safdarjung, which is normal for this time. At the same time, the minimum temperature was 23.6 degrees Celsius. The air quality improved and it was 96, which falls in the ‘satisfactory’ category.
The minimum temperature in the city on Thursday was recorded at 21.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest in September in 14 years.
Breathing clean air for three months
This time the biggest effect of good monsoon was seen on clean air in Delhi. Due to this, Delhiites have been breathing clean air for the last three months. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board shows that on June 19, Delhi’s average air quality index (AQI) was 306 points, i.e. in the very poor category. After this, there has not been a single day when the AQI has gone above 200. In the meantime, there have been 32 days when the index was above 100 and below 201, i.e. in the moderate category. The rest of the days the index has been in the satisfactory category. During this period, the month of August was the cleanest.
Now pollution levels are expected to increase: The monsoon season is coming to an end and there is little chance of good rain in the next few days. Due to this, the pollution level is likely to increase.
Let us tell you that, AQI is considered ‘good’ between 0 to 50, ‘satisfactory’ between 51 to 100, ‘moderate’ between 101 to 200, ‘bad’ between 201 to 300, ‘very bad’ between 301 to 400 and ‘severe’ between 401 to 500.
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