Delhi’s minimum temperature at 6.7°C, air quality poor
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Station-wise data showed that the minimum temperature recorded at Palam was 8.1°C, Lodi Road reported 7.1°C, the Ridge station registered 7.7°C, while Ayanagar recorded 6.6°C.
The night temperature at Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, recorded 6.7°C.
The air quality was recorded in the “poor” category at 9 am on Saturday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 278, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.