Minimum temperature in Delhi settles below normal; air quality deteriorates

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Women seen with disguise  arsenic  the aerial  prime   successful  the nationalist  superior  Delhi was successful  "poor" class  connected  November 30, 2025.

Women seen with disguise arsenic the aerial prime successful the nationalist superior Delhi was successful "poor" class connected November 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

The aerial prime successful the nationalist superior portion Delhi again settled successful the 'very poor' class connected Monday (December 1, 2025) with an wide Air Quality Index (AQI) of 301.

After 24 days of 'very poor' air, often bordering the 'severe' zone, the aerial prime successful Delhi connected Sunday (November 30, 2025) had improved to the 'poor' class with a speechmaking of 279.

Delhi’s aerial prime improves, AQI successful ‘poor’ category

However, information from the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Sameer app showed that 24 of the 38 monitoring stations successful the metropolis registered aerial prime successful the 'very poor' category, portion the remaining 14 recorded 'poor' levels.

“The wintertime chill, meanwhile, intensified with the minimum somesthesia dropping to 5.7 degrees Celsius, which is 4.6 degrees beneath the season's average,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The comparative humidity was recorded astatine 100% astatine 8.30 a.m.

Delhi aerial prime shows insignificant improvement

The IMD said the maximum somesthesia is expected to settee astir 24 degrees Celsius. As per CPCB standards, an AQI betwixt 0 and 50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor', and 401-500 'severe'.

Published - December 01, 2025 10:44 americium IST

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