Delhi's air quality improves slightly, enters 'poor' category with AQI 299; cold wave forecast for Dec. 5

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Delhi Traffic Police unit   seen with disguise  with the aerial  prime   successful  the nationalist  superior  Delhi successful  "poor" class  connected  December 4, 2025.

Delhi Traffic Police unit seen with disguise with the aerial prime successful the nationalist superior Delhi successful "poor" class connected December 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

The aerial prime successful the nationalist superior improved somewhat connected Thursday (December 5, 2025) morning, settling successful the 'poor' class with an AQI speechmaking of 299, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

On Wednesday greeting (December 3), the AQI stood astatine 335 successful the 'very poor' range.

There was a little respite from the toxic aerial connected Sunday (November 30) and Monday (December 1); however, the aerial prime slipped backmost to 'very poor' connected Tuesday (December 2).

As per the CPCB, an AQI betwixt zero 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'.

The IMD has forecasted chiefly wide skies for Thursday (December 4) and a acold question for Friday (December 5).

On the upwind front, the minimum somesthesia settled astatine 5.6 degrees Celsius, 3.9 notches beneath the season's average, and the maximum somesthesia is apt to hover astir 23 degrees Celsius.

The comparative humidity was 92% astatine 8.30 a.m., the IMD said.

Published - December 04, 2025 10:59 americium IST

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