Delhi's records 'very poor' AQI; orange' alert for dense fog on December 29

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A furniture   of mist and smog is seen successful  New Delhi connected  December 28, 2025, morning.

A furniture of mist and smog is seen successful New Delhi connected December 28, 2025, morning. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

The nationalist superior recorded aerial prime successful the "very poor" class connected Sunday (December 28, 2025) with an wide Air Quality Index speechmaking of 390, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

The meteorological section has issued orangish alert of precise dense fog for Monday (December 29), with maximum and minimum temperatures apt to hover astir 22 and 7 degrees Celsius, respectively.

According to information connected the CPCB's Sameer App, 19 monitoring stations successful Delhi reported aerial prime successful the "severe" class with Anand Vihar signaling highest AQI of 457, portion the remaining recorded "very poor" levels.

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", according to CPCB standards.

The metropolis recorded a debased of 6.3 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees beneath the season's average, portion the maximum somesthesia settled astatine 22.5 degrees Celsius, 2.1 notches supra the seasonal average, the meteorological section said.

The humidity was recorded astatine 100% astatine 5 .30 pm.

Published - December 28, 2025 08:08 p.m. IST

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