After torrential rains lashed several parts of Delhi and the NCR on Wednesday, the Met Department has forecast a more active monsoon over the next four days.
Wednesday afternoon’s deluge brought down the city’s minimum temperature, which settled at 22.8°C — nearly 3°C below normal. There was no significant change in the maximum temperature at the city’s base station over the past 24 hours, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recording a high of 32.3°C, nearly 2 notches below normal.
According to the data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), until 5:30 pm on Wednesday, Safdarjung — the capital’s base weather station — received 15.2 mm of rainfall, categorized as ‘light.’ Other stations at Ridge, Ayanagar, Mayur Vihar, Palam, and Lodhi Road recorded 59.6 mm, 54.8 mm, 38.0 mm, 22 mm, and 18.2 mm, respectively — all falling under the ‘moderate’ rainfall category between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the IMD said.
The IMD classifies rainfall as “light” when it is up to 15.5 mm, “moderate” when the rainfall is between 15.5 and 64.4 mm in a 24-hour window. According to its data, in the past 24 hours, in easterly winds prevailed with wind speeds up to 20 kmph gusting up to 30 kmph.
Despite intense rainfall across the national capital, the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) remained in the ‘satisfactory’ category, with the capital’s average AQI in the past 24 hours on Sunday standing at 57, with NO2, CO, PM10, identified as the major pollutants recorded at 37 out of 39 stations.
As per CPCB classification, an AQI between 0 and 50 is ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.