Delhi records maximum temperature of 17.2 degrees Celsius

The weatherman has predicted a partly cloudy sky with shallow to moderate fog on Monday morning and cold day conditions at isolated places

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Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Delhi winter
A guard on a cold winter morning at Rajpath in New Delhi | PTI

Delhi on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 17.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below the normal, the India Meteorological Department said.

The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered the official marker for the city, settled at 8.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's normal.

The relative humidity was 70 per cent at 5.30 pm.

The weatherman has predicted a partly cloudy sky with shallow to moderate fog on Monday morning and cold day conditions at isolated places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 16 and 8 degrees Celsius respectively.

Delhi on Saturday shivered under "cold day" conditions, recording the season's lowest maximum temperature at 14.8 degrees Celsius as thick fog blotted out the sun.

The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory had settled at 6.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.

According to the IMD, a "cold day" is when the minimum temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum is at least 4.5 degrees Celsius below normal.

The national capital's air quality index (AQI) read 261 at 6.06 pm.

The AQI in neighbouring Faridabad stood at 302, Ghaziabad 258, Greater Noida 238 and Gurgaon 188.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.

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First Published: Sun, January 16 2022. 20:01 IST
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