Delhi Pollution: Friday morning was coldest in Delhi in two years, air quality reaches 'poor' category - Delhi records lowest October temperature in two years

State Bureau, New Delhi. The capital recorded the lowest minimum temperature for October in the last two years on Friday, dropping to 17 degrees Celsius on Thursday night. At the same time, after being in the “very poor” category for the last four days, the air quality has improved and reached the “poor” category. This immediate relief may last for a day or two. According to the meteorological department, the minimum temperature on Friday was recorded at 17 degrees Celsius, 0.2 degrees below normal, which is the lowest temperature of this season so far. According to the data, this is also the lowest temperature in the last two years, as the minimum temperature in 2024 was 17.4 degrees Celsius on October 15. The maximum temperature was recorded at 32.3 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees more than normal. The humidity level in the air was 96 to 39 percent. Pusa was the coldest area of ​​Delhi, where the minimum temperature was recorded at 16.0 degrees and the maximum was 30.4 degrees. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a forecast of fog on Saturday morning. The sky will be clear during the day. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degrees and 17 degrees Celsius respectively. Due to the effect of a western disturbance there will be clouds on Sunday evening or night. There will also be light rain on Monday and Tuesday. On the other hand, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), improvement in Delhi’s air quality was recorded on Friday. The 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) due to windy conditions was 275, putting it in the “poor” category. It has remained in the “very poor” category for the past four days. Anand Vihar recorded the highest AQI of 414 among all the monitoring centres. According to CPCB’s Sameer app, 10 out of 38 monitoring stations across the city recorded “very poor” air quality, 24 in the “poor” category while three were in the “moderate” category. In comparison, air quality in national capital (NCR) cities like Gurugram, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad remained in the “poor” category, according to CPCB data. AQI level remained between 200 and 300. Forecasts by the central government’s Air Quality Early Warning System (EWS) suggest that Delhi’s AQI is likely to remain in the “poor” category on Saturday as well. After this, it can vary between “weak” and “very poor” for the next six days. According to the data from IITM Pune’s decision support system, the contribution of transport emissions in Delhi’s air pollution on Friday was 17.8 percent. Meanwhile, according to satellite data, 28 incidents of stubble burning occurred in Punjab and 13 in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.