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Delhi saw a little respite from elevated contamination levels connected Thursday (December 25, 2025) morning, with the aerial prime scale (AQI) recorded astatine 220 successful the 'poor' category.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Sameer app, 29 monitoring stations successful the superior recorded aerial prime successful the 'poor' category. Anand Vihar recorded AQI successful the 'very poor' class astatine 308, portion the remaining stations were successful the 'moderate' range.
As per 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'.
The 24-hour mean AQI successful the superior stood successful the 'poor' class connected Wednesday arsenic well. This marked a crisp betterment from Tuesday, erstwhile the AQI had deteriorated to 412 successful the 'severe' class astatine 4 p.m., the CPCB information showed.
However, the alleviation is expected to beryllium short-lived, with aerial prime apt to worsen again successful the coming days.
Favourable meteorological conditions, peculiarly aboveground upwind speeds of 15 to 25 kilometres per hour, helped amended aerial prime successful the capital, the CPCB said .
On the upwind front, Delhi recorded a minimum somesthesia of 6.5° Celsius, 1 notch beneath normal, and a comparative humidity of 63%, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The expected maximum somesthesia is 22° Celsius and a mean is forecast.
