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Delhi connected Monday (November 17, 2025) recorded “very poor” aerial prime with an wide Air Quality Index (AQI) of 356, adjacent arsenic the metropolis logged its lowest minimum somesthesia of the play astatine 8.7 degrees Celsius, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Indian Meteorological Department IMD said.
Data from the CPCB's Sameer app showed that 5 monitoring stations reported aerial prime successful the “severe” category, portion 29 stations recorded “very poor” levels with readings betwixt 300 and 400. Four stations fell successful the “Poor” category.
Among the 38 AQI monitoring stations successful the capital, Bawana reported the highest contamination level with an AQI of 419. Other areas successful the "severe" class included Narela (405), Jahangirpuri (404), Wazirpur (402) and Rohini (401).
According to CPCB standards, an AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is “good”, 51-100 “satisfactory”, 101-200 “moderate”, 201-300 “poor”, 301-400 “very poor”' and 401-500 “severe”.
The IMD said “the minimum somesthesia of 8.7°C was 3.6 notches beneath normal, with humidity astatine 92% astatine 8:30 a.m. The maximum somesthesia is expected to settee astir 26°C nether mostly wide skies.”
The erstwhile lowest successful caller years was 7.3°C connected November 29, 2022. In 2023, the lowest minimum successful November was 9.2°C, and successful 2024, 9.5°C.
