Delhi residents woke up to cloudy skies on Wednesday, with the city recording a minimum temperature of 9 degrees Celsius, which is four notches below normal. The maximum temperature in the past 24 hours was 23.4 degrees Celsius, also 4 degrees Celsius lower than normal, with relative humidity at 41 percent. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a partly cloudy to clear sky over the next few days, with minimum temperatures ranging from 10 to 13 degrees Celsius and maximum temperatures between 23 to 29 degrees Celsius.
Dry weather is expected over most parts of the country for the next five days, except for Arunachal Pradesh and the Western Himalayan region, where isolated to scattered light or moderate rainfall or snowfall is likely on March 6 and 7.
Delhi experienced a sudden change in weather on Saturday morning as well, with areas like Greater Kailash, India Gate, RK Puram, and Janpath experiencing strong winds and light showers. The IMD predicted scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi remained in the moderate category. AQI levels between zero and 50 are considered “good,” 51 to 100 “satisfactory,” 101 to 200 “moderate,” 201 to 300 “poor,” 301 to 400 “very poor,” and 401 to 500 “severe.”