Delhi recorded its lowest minimum temperature of the month so far on Monday morning, with the mercury settling at 17.1 degrees Celsius at the Safdarjung weather station, 1.3 degrees Celsius below the season’s average, the Met office said.
The day’s maximum temperature was recorded at 31.7 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Pusa recorded the worst AQI at 281. Meanwhile, satellite data recorded 98 stubble-burning events across six states on October 19, according to the Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modelling from Space (CREAMS) laboratory at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
The city’s air quality remained in the “moderate” category, with forecasts indicating a likely deterioration to “poor” levels from October 21, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). “The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung weather station, the city’s base station, was 1.3 degrees below normal and marked the coldest night temperature recorded this month so far,” an IMD official said. Of the 58 monitoring stations reporting data on Monday, two recorded “poor” air quality, six were in the “satisfactory” category, while the remaining stations reported “moderate” levels.
