New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) The National Capital saw a slight dip in the minimum temperature on Saturday, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted cloudy skies for the day.
Safdarjung, representative of the city’s weather, recorded a minimum temperature of 27.7 degrees Celsius, 1.2 degrees above the normal and a 0.1 degree decrease from a day before.
Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, 1.2 degrees lower than the day before; Lodhi Road recorded a minimum of 26.6 degrees Celsius; Ayanagar recorded a minimum of 26.9 degrees, a 0.2 degree decrease from the day before.
The IMD has forecast cloudy skies for Saturday, with similar weather conditions expected to continue into Sunday.
“Cloudy skies are expected to persist throughout the day. No rain has been forecast for the weekend,” said an IMD official.
According to the IMD forecast, the maximum is likely to be around 36 degrees Celsius.
Additionally, the air quality index (AQI) of the city remained in the ‘moderate’ category on Saturday morning and was recorded at 133 (moderate) at 9 am, as compared to the 24-hour average AQI of 128 (moderate) recorded at 4 pm on Friday, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
According to CPCB standards, an AQI of 0-50 is considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’, and 401-500 ‘severe’. PTI AHD MPL MPL
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