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Delhi's aerial prime remained 'very poor' connected Sunday (November 2, 2025) arsenic dilatory upwind velocity reduced dispersion of pollutants implicit the city, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The nationalist capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood astatine 386 successful the morning, a sizeable emergence from 303 connected Saturday (November 1), CPCB information showed.
The Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) for Delhi said upwind velocity dropped beneath 8 kmph from the northwest absorption during the evening and night, reducing the dispersion of pollutants. A ventilation scale little than 6,000 m²/s and mean upwind velocity little than 10 kmph are considered unfavourable for the dispersal of pollutants, it stated.
According to the AQEWS, the aerial prime is apt to stay successful the 'very poor' class till November 4.
Seventeen monitoring stations recorded 'severe' aerial prime with readings supra 400. Wazirpur recorded the highest AQI astatine 439. Twenty different stations reported 'very poor' aerial prime with readings supra 300, the CPCB's Sameer app showed.
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'.
Delhi recorded a minimum somesthesia of 16.8°C, 1.5 notches supra the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Humidity was recorded astatine 79% astatine 8:30 a.m..
The IMD has forecast chiefly wide skies during the time and shallow fog during the night. The maximum somesthesia is apt to settee astir 31°C.
