Delhi sees overcast skies with light rain, AQI still satisfactory
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(IMD), similar patchy rain is likely to continue throughout the week.
City's base station Safdarjung saw only 'trace' rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. During the same period, Palam logged 4.6 mm, Ridge 3 mm, Rajghat 13.1 mm, Mayur Vihar 8.5 mm, Pusa 1 mm, Lodhi Road 'trace', and Najafgarh 1.5 mm of rainfall.
Met department said similar weather conditions are likely to prevail over the next few days. "There is a possibility of a spell of very light to light rain or thundershowers during Tuesday night and two days after," said an IMD official.
IMD has not issued any colour-coded warning for Delhi for the next seven days.
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August has so far recorded 258.8 mm of rainfall, an excess over the monthly normal mark of 233.1 mm. During the ongoing monsoon season, Delhi witnessed excess rainfall till now. The city received 45% excess rainfall in June and 24% excess rainfall in July.
The maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded at 35.2 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal.
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The minimum temperature settled at 26.27 degrees Celsius, which is near normal for this time of the year. Relative humidity, meanwhile, oscillated between 61% and 89% during the day.
The maximum is predicted to remain between 32 and 34 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, while the minimum is likely to remain around 23-25 degrees Celsius, IMD said.
Delhi's air quality, meanwhile, continued to stay in the 'satisfactory' category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 89.
It was 76 a day earlier. According to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi (EWS), the air quality is likely to remain in the 'satisfactory' range till Aug 21.
"The outlook for the subsequent six days from Aug 22 is that the air quality is likely to be in the moderate to satisfactory category," it said.
CPCB classifies AQI 0-50 as 'good', between 51 and 100 as 'satisfactory', between 101 and 200 as 'moderate', between 201 and 300 as 'poor', between 301 and 400 as 'very poor', and over 400 as 'severe'.
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