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Expect light rain for next few days

Expect light rain for next few days

Time of India4 days ago
New Delhi: The city is likely to receive scattered light showers over the next few days. However, Delhi's air quality remained in the lower end of the 'satisfactory' category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 54.
It was 60 a day earlier.
The maximum temperature was recorded at 34.5 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal. Minimum temperature settled at 25.2 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal. No rain activity was recorded in Delhi from 8.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday. The
India Meteorological Department
has not issued any colour-coded warning but forecasts light to very light rain over the week.
In July, Safdarjung, which is the city's base station, logged 127.5 mm of rainfall against the entire month's normal of 209.7 mm of rainfall. "There are chances of scattered rain next week," said a Met official. The maximum temperature is predicted to stay between 35 and 37 degrees Celsius on Sunday and around 32-34 degrees Celsius on Monday.
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Rain in the past few days helped in settling down the pollutants. The air quality is likely to stay in the 'satisfactory' category till July 22.tnn
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