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Delhi's aerial prime remained successful the 'poor' class during the greeting hours connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026), with the mean Air Quality Index (AQI) speechmaking of 293, according to information from the Central Pollution Control Board's Sameer app.
Station-wise information showed that Chandni Chowk recorded the worst aerial prime astatine 352 successful the 'very poor' category. While 20 stations logged 'very poor' aerial quality, 15 stations were successful the 'poor' class and 2 stations recorded 'moderate' aerial quality.
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'.
On Monday (January 5, 2026), the city's 24-hour mean AQI stood astatine 244 successful the 'poor' category.
The Air Quality Early Warning System indicated that the Delhi’s aerial is expected to stay successful the mediocre to precise mediocre scope implicit the adjacent six days.
On the upwind front, shallow fog was observed successful parts of the metropolis arsenic the minimum somesthesia was recorded astatine 7.6 degrees Celsius, 0.7 notches supra the seasonal mean during the greeting hours.
The maximum somesthesia successful the nationalist superior is expected to settee astir 18 degrees Celsius.
Relative humidity levels were observed astatine 100% successful parts of the metropolis during the greeting hours, the India Meteorological Department said.
Station-wise information showed that Safdarjung, Lodhi Road, Ridge and Ayanagar recorded a minimum somesthesia of 7.6 degrees Celsius, portion Palam logged a somewhat little minimum somesthesia of 6.5 degrees Celsius.
