Weather Update: Relief from cold wave in Delhi-NCR; 21 trains delayed
Delhi-NCR residents wake up to sunny morning on Thurday with temperature settled at 5.8 degree Celsius and maximum temperature recorded at 19.5 degree Celsius, as per IMD. Whereas, cold wave conditions continue to sweep Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, the meteorological department said.
Narnaul in Haryana recorded a minimum temperature of 1.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, an official said. Both states continued to be in the grip of bone-chilling cold wave as minimum temperatures stayed a few notches below normal at several places.
As we forecasted, temperatures has increased by 3-4 °C over most parts of UP & East Rajasthan and at isolated places over Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, West MP during past 24 hours observed at 0530 hours IST of 02.01.2020 pic.twitter.com/9Pnpox8mNC
— IMD Weather (@IMDWeather) January 2, 2020
Owing to low visibility 21 trains to and from Delhi were running late early morning on Thursday. The Air Quality Index was recorded in the "severe" category in several parts of Delhi. An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and 401-500 'severe', while the AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus' category.
Update issued at 0950 hours: pic.twitter.com/sPMubs0bOE
— Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) January 2, 2020
According to data provided by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 418 (Severe category) in Anand Vihar, 426 (Severe) in RK Puram and, 457 (Severe) in Rohini at 5 am on Thursday.
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First published: 2 January 2020, 10:52 IST