Delhi Wakes Up To Coldest Morning This Season, Air Quality Remains 'Very Poor'
The minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 4.9 degrees Celsius today, the lowest this season so far.
Delhi Weather Update: The residents of the national capital woke up to chilly and a foggy morning as the temperature in the city witnessed a further dip on Friday. The minimum temparature settled at 4.9 degrees Celsius today, the lowest this season so far, as reported by news agency ANI. As far as city's air quality is concerned, it returned to 'very poor' category after showing slight improvement early morning to be recorded in 'poor category'.
Delhi's Safdarjung recorded a minimum temperature of 4.9°C today; Delhi's lowest in this season. pic.twitter.com/WkkVunBL2c
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2023
The air quality in the national capital was recorded in the 'poor' category at around 7 AM on Friday, as per Central Pollution Control Board data.
#WATCH | Delhi: The Air Quality Index (AQI) is in the 'Poor' category in the National Capital as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2023
(Visuals from ITO, shot at 7:15 am) pic.twitter.com/fvHW2PUIET
The AQI, however, returned to 'very poor' category as per CPCB's data at 10 AM. The overall AQI in the city was recorded at 307. Further, as per the CPCB, the AQI at Anand Vihar was at 306, Ashok Vihar at 329 on Friday morning. Visuals showed fog layer in Delhi at Kartavya Path.
VIDEO | Fog layer covers parts of #Delhi as temperature dips further. Visuals from Kartavya Path. pic.twitter.com/lAh9kBEo8R
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 15, 2023
On Thursday, the city recorded a minimum temperature of 6.2 degrees Celsius. Earlier, the India Meterological Departmjent had stated that shallow fog is expected in Delhi in the next five days.
Fog Observed In Punjab, UP, Bihar And Assam, Says IMD
IMD has said that bery dense fog was observed in isolated pockets over Punjab and shallow to moderate fog was observed in isolated pockets of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura.
Very dense fog observed in isolated pockets over Punjab and shallow to moderate fog was observed in isolated pockets of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura: IMD pic.twitter.com/SBd6TrxdCq
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2023
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