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Delhi woke up to aggravated acold conditions connected Monday (January 12, 2026) arsenic the minimum somesthesia dipped to astir 3 degrees Celsius (℃) astatine respective upwind stations crossed the city, making it the coldest January time since 2023.
On January 16, 2023, the minimum somesthesia had plunged to 1.4℃, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Station-wise information recorded astatine 8.30 americium showed the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s main upwind station, registered a minimum somesthesia of 3.2℃, which was 4.2 notches beneath normal.
Palam recorded a minimum somesthesia of 3.3℃, portion Lodhi Road logged 3℃.
Ridge recorded a minimum of 4.2℃ and Ayanagar reported 3.2℃, the IMD information showed.
The IMD said the maximum somesthesia successful the nationalist superior is expected to interaction 19℃.
It said acold question conditions are apt to persist implicit the nationalist superior implicit the adjacent 2 days.
Delhi’s aerial quality, meanwhile, remained poor.
According to information from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the city’s wide Air Quality Index (AQI) stood astatine 298 successful the ‘poor’ category.
Around 20 monitoring stations recorded ‘very poor’ aerial quality, portion the remaining stations were successful the ‘poor’ category. Nehru Nagar recorded the worst aerial prime with an AQI of 344.
According to the CPCB classification, an AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.
