Delhi Weather: Delhiites will continue to get respite from the heat. Snowfall on the mountains will provide relief to the people of the capital from the heat. Strong winds will blow during the day which will bring coolness with it.
Delhi Weather: People of Delhi will get respite from the scorching heat this week. Snowfall on the mountains will provide relief to the people of the capital from the heat. The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Standard Observatory Safdarjung on Tuesday were below normal. According to the Meteorological Department, there is continuous snowfall or rain in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It will be partly cloudy on May 4 and there may be light rain at night.
The wind coming towards Delhi is also mainly coming from the north-western or western direction. This wind is also bringing with itself the coldness of that place. The maximum temperature recorded at Safdarjung Meteorological Center on Tuesday was 36.5 degrees Celsius, which is three degrees less than normal. The minimum temperature was 22.2 degrees Celsius, which is two degrees less than the average temperature of this season. The humidity level here ranged from 57 to 18 percent. On Wednesday also, wind is expected to blow at a speed of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour in Delhi.
April’s air was the cleanest in 6 years
The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi was below 200 on 23 days in April, the highest number of days with clean air in the last six years, barring 2020 when there was a lockdown due to Covid. This information was given by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Tuesday. The data shared by CAQM since 2018 shows that Delhi recorded 23 such days in this month when the air was clean. 17 such days were recorded in April last year, zero in 2022, 18 in 2021, 30 in 2020, 12 in 2019 and eight in 2018.
“As a result of consistent, comprehensive and concerted efforts by the Air Quality Management Commission and various stakeholders in the NCR and surrounding areas to control air pollution, as well as favorable meteorological conditions, Delhi has witnessed the lowest air pollution level in April,” CAQM said in a statement. The maximum number of days with air quality from ‘good’ category to ‘moderate’ category was recorded in 2024.’
