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The nationalist superior saw a further driblet successful the somesthesia connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) arsenic the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellowish alert for airy rainfall and gusty winds.
Safdarjung, the basal upwind presumption of the city, recorded a minimum somesthesia of 24.6°C, 2 degrees beneath the mean and a 0.7 grade alteration from a time before.
The minimum somesthesia astatine Safdarjung was 25.3°C connected Friday (May 29, 2026) and 28.4 degrees connected Thursday (May 28, 2026). This comes aft parts of the metropolis received precise airy to airy rainfall successful the past 2 days.
Other upwind stations besides marked a akin driblet successful the minimum somesthesia connected Saturday (May 30, 2026).
Palam recorded a minimum somesthesia of 21.5°C, a 2.6 degrees alteration from the time before; Lodhi Road recorded a minimum of 23.2°C, 2.4 degrees little than Friday's (May 29, 2026) minimum; Ridge and Ayanagar recorded a minimum of 22.3 degrees and 22.6 °C respectively, 1.7 degrees and 2.8 degrees little than Friday (May 29, 2026).
According to IMD, Ayanagar received 11.2 mm of rainfall successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday (May 30, 2026), betwixt 11.30 p.m. connected Friday (May 29, 2026) and 2.30 a.m. connected Saturday (May 30, 2026). No different upwind presumption recorded immoderate rainfall successful the pursuing hours.
"There is simply a yellowish alert for the day, informing of imaginable precise airy to airy rain, accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning and gusty upwind of velocity 40-50 kmph towards the day and evening," said an IMD official.
IMD has besides issued a yellowish alert for Sunday (May 31, 2026), predicting akin conditions to continue.
According to IMD forecast, the maximum mightiness spot a further driblet connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) and is apt to beryllium astir 34-36 °C.
Meanwhile, the aerial prime scale (AQI) of the metropolis improved to the satisfactory class connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) greeting and was recorded astatine 82 astatine 9 a.m., arsenic compared to the 24-hour mean AQI of 123 (moderate) recorded astatine 4 p.m. connected Friday (May 29, 2026), according to information from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
As per CPCB standards, an AQI of 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor', and 401-500 'severe'.
The Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) for Delhi has forecast the AQI to stay successful the mean class for the adjacent fewer days.
