The nationwide sources on Wednesday tape-recorded a minimal temperature degree of 11.6 ranges Celsius, 1.6 ranges over the seasonal commonplace, in response to the India Meteorological Department.
The IMD has really anticipated strong winds all through the day, with the optimum temperature degree anticipated to get to round 27 ranges Celsius.
The moisture diploma was tape-recorded at 80 p.c at 8.30 am.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air prime quality continued to be in ‘unhealthy ‘classification with the Air Quality Index (AQI) attending to 252 at 9 am, in response to the Central Pollution Control Board.
An AQI in between no and 50 is considered ‘glorious ‘, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory ‘, 101 to 200 ‘modest ‘, 201 to 300 ‘unhealthy ‘, 301 to 400 ‘extraordinarily unhealthy ‘, and 401 to 500 ‘critical ‘.
The nationwide sources skilled its hottest day of the interval on Tuesday with the optimum temperature degree attending to 29.7 ranges Celsius.
This was 6.3 notches over typical and exceeded Monday and Sunday’s highs of 28 ranges and 27.4 ranges Celsius, in response to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The minimal temperature degree was tape-recorded at 9.8 ranges Celsius, which is 0.8 notches listed beneath typical for this time round of the yr.
Humidity levels rose and fall in between 42 and 97 p.c all through the day.
With winter season progressively transitioning proper into springtime, meteorologists forecast that Delhi’s temperature ranges may get to 30 ranges Celsius by the tip of February.
Last yr, the very best attainable temperature degree tape-recorded in February was 29.7 ranges Celsius on February 19.
In earlier years, Delhi tape-recorded February highs of 33.6 ranges Celsius in 2023 (February 21), 28.4 ranges Celsius in 2022 (February 19), and 33.2 ranges Celsius in 2021 (February 26).
The all-time highest attainable February temperature degree in Delhi was 34.1 ranges Celsius, tape-recorded on February 26, 2006, in response to IMD paperwork.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air prime quality, which had really continued to be within the ‘modest ‘classification for the last few days, degraded to the ‘unhealthy ‘classification on Sunday and remained to remain unhealthy.
The metropolis’s 24-hour commonplace Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 293 at 4 pm. AQI was tape-recorded at 227 on Sunday, noting a pointy increase from 152 tape-recorded at the very same time on Saturday.
The CPCB identifies AQI levels as adheres to: 0-50 (‘ glorious ‘), 51-100 (‘ satisfactory ‘), 101-200( ‘modest ‘), 201-300 (‘ unhealthy ‘), 301-400 (‘ extraordinarily unhealthy ‘), and over 400 (‘ critical ‘).Â
