Delhi Air Quality Goes Worse, City Witnesses Second-Highest Pollution Level This Year

New Delhi, December 24: After a cold and polluted Sunday, New Delhi experienced its second-highest pollution level this year on Monday morning. According to the Air Quality Index (AQI) data, major pollutants are in Severe category in Lodhi Road area. Further, authorities have said that unfavourable meteorological conditions are likely to keep the air quality in the severe category for at least the next two days. Coldwave Grips Delhi: At 3.7 Degrees Celsius, Records Coldest Day in December in 12 Years.

The national capital on Sunday recorded its coldest December temperature in the past 12 years with mercury dipping to 3.7 degrees Celsius, as a moderate cover of fog surrounded the city affecting visibility. In the past 12 years, the second lowest minimum temperature for the month was recorded on December 29, 2007 at 3.9 degrees Celsius, according to data from the Met department.

Sunday's minimum temperature was four notches below the season's average, a Met department official said. The day's maximum temperature was recorded at 21.4 degrees Celsius, which is normal for this time of the season. The weather office has forecast moderate to dense fog on Monday morning and partly cloudy sky thereafter. Dilli Ki Sardi 2018: Delhi Sees Coldest December Morning in 4 Years, Temperature Drops to 4 Degrees Celsius.

"Haze/smoke in the afternoon and evening. The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 22 and 5 degrees Celsius respectively," it said. The all-time lowest temperature in the national capital for the month of December was 1.1 degrees Celsius recorded on December 26, 1945, the data showed. (With Agency Inputs)

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