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Dense fog blanketed Delhi aboriginal Tuesday (December 30, 2025), causing visibility to driblet sharply successful respective areas, adjacent arsenic the aerial prime improved marginally to the ‘very poor’ class astatine 388.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a ‘yellow’ alert for the metropolis till 9 a.m. successful presumption of the fog.
According to the upwind office, visibility astatine Safdarjung stood astatine 100 meters astatine 7.30 a.m., which improved to 200 meters by 8.30 a.m.
At Palam, mean fog was observed with visibility registered astir 300 meters astatine 8.30 a.m., it added.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) stood astatine 388 connected Tuesday (December 30) morning, marking a marginal betterment from Monday (December 29), erstwhile the city's aerial prime stood astatine the ‘severe’ class with a speechmaking of 401.
Data from the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer app connected Tuesday (December 30) showed 16 aerial prime monitoring stations successful the 'severe' category, portion 21 stations recorded aerial prime successful the 'very poor' category.
Jahangirpuri and Anand Vihar registered the worst aerial quality, with AQI levels touching 451, the information showed.
According to 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'.
Delhi's aerial prime is apt to stay successful the ‘very poor’ class connected Tuesday (December 30) and Wednesday (December 31), and is expected to deteriorate further to the ‘severe’ class connected January 1, 2026, arsenic per the Air Quality Early Warning System.
The outlook for the consequent six days indicates that aerial prime is apt to enactment successful the ‘very poor’ range.
The minimum somesthesia successful the metropolis was recorded astatine 9.4 degrees Celsius connected Tuesday (December 30) morning, with the IMD issuing an ‘orange’ alert and forecasting precise dense fog during the day.
It said that the maximum somesthesia is expected to hover astir 21 degrees Celsius, and comparative humidity levels are apt to stay adjacent 100 per cent.
At the Palam station, the minimum somesthesia was registered astatine 8.1 degrees Celsius, followed by 8.6 degrees Celsius astatine the Ridge, 9.2 degrees Celsius astatine the Lodhi Road station, 9.4 degrees Celsius astatine the Safdarjung station, and 9.6 degrees Celsius astatine Ayanagar.
No rainfall was logged astatine immoderate of the stations during the past 24 hours, the upwind section informed.
