Delhi wakes up to dense fog; AQI in moderate to poor category, CPCB data shows
Several parts of Delhi woke up to dense fog on Monday morning, with air quality remaining in moderate to poor categories across the capital and parts of the NCR.
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It was a foggy morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 7 degrees Celsius, which is the season’s normal, the weather office said.
“They sky is expected to be clear with moderate or dense fog in the morning and mist during the day,” an official at the India Meteorological Department told IANS.
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Humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 100 per cent and visibility stood at 200 metres and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 25 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season’s average.
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At least 15 trains were cancelled, 39 delayed and 11 were rescheduled, due to fog in several parts of northern India.
Maximum temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 23.1 degrees Celsius, three degree Celsius above the season’s average, while the minimum temperature settled at 5.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average.
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