At 6.9 degrees, Delhi records coldest November morning in 17 years

NEW DELHI: Delhi residents awakened on Sunday to the chilliest November morning within the final 17 years, with minimal temperature clocking a low of 6.Four levels Celsius at Lodhi Road, as a chilly wave swept elements of the town. It’s closest to the document set on November 29, 2003 when the mercury dipped to six.1 levels.

“The Safdarjung Observatory which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum of 6.9 degrees Celsius. It is Delhi’s lowest minimum temperature in the month since November 2003, when the city recorded a minimum of 6.1 degrees Celsius,” mentioned Kuldeep Srivastava, the pinnacle of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre. The mercury dropped to six.1 levels Celsius on the Palam climate station, he mentioned. He predicted that the temperature is predicted to rise for the subsequent three-four days to drop once more after November 27.

On November 23, the temperature within the nationwide capital was recorded at 8.Four diploma Celsius at 5:30 am. 

According to IMD scientists, the minimal temperature doesn’t often drop beneath 10 levels Celsius in November. They attributed the autumn to the mixture of chilly winds and clear sky in Delhi.

For the plains, the IMD declares a chilly wave when the minimal temperature is 10 levels Celsius or beneath and is 4.5 notches lower than regular for 2 consecutive days. “However, for small areas such as Delhi, a cold wave can be declared if the criteria is fulfilled even for a day,” he mentioned.

Delhi had recorded the bottom minimal temperature of 11.5 levels Celsius final yr, 10.5 levels Celsius in 2018 and seven.6 levels Celsius in 2017 within the month of November.

Delhi AQI:

Delhi’s air high quality remained ‘poor’ on November 23 and authorities companies mentioned it’s prone to deteriorate additional resulting from unfavourable meteorological situations. The Air Quality Index was recorded at 259 in Delhi, 317 in Noida and 280 in Gurugram. The metropolis’s 24-hour common AQI was 274 on Sunday, 251 on Saturday, 296 on Friday, 283 on Thursday and 211 on Wednesday.

The central authorities’s Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi mentioned Delhi-NCR’s air high quality is prone to deteriorate to the “very poor” class on Monday resulting from unfavourable meteorological situations.

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