NEW DELHI: The day temperature rose by five degrees in the last 24 hours on Sunday. The Met department said day and night were likely to remain relatively warmer as the temperatures were expected to remain near normal for the next two days.
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According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature touched 24.2 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal, on Sunday against 19.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday. The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.4 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal.
RK Jenamani, senior scientist at IMD, said, “The day temperature recorded a sudden rise of nearly five degrees on Sunday as we are about to enter into the second week of February. However, both day and night are predicted to remain relatively warmer during the next two days and they are likely to remain normal.”
IMD has forecast that the maximum temperature may reach 25 degrees Celsius on Monday and Tuesday. The minimum temperature is likely to be 6 and 8 degrees Celsius for the next two days. There are chances of moderate fog on Monday morning and shallow to moderate fog on Tuesday morning. As a western disturbance is going to impact the region on the night of February 8, the city is likely to receive light rain or thundershowers on February 9 and the minimum temperature may reach 9 degrees Celsius.
“The night temperature is predicted to witness a gradual drop from February 10 as the impact of the western disturbance will be over,” said Jenamani.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air quality entered the higher-end of the “poor” category with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 285 on Sunday. The AQI was 224 on Saturday. System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research, the forecasting body under Union ministry of earth sciences, said, “AQI is likely to remain in the very poor category on February 8 and 9. As rain is likely on February 9, it will improve AQI causing wet deposition of pollutants.”
