Day-time temp set to rise again, clear skies ahead, says IMD

With clearer skies, days will turn warmer, while nights will continue to remain slightly chilly due to cold northwesterly winds. Minimum temperatures are likely to stay between 18°C and 21°C, officials said.

Published on: Oct 10, 2025, 03:13:47 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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Day-time temperatures in the capital are set to rise again following the departure of an active western disturbance from northwest India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. The mercury is expected to touch 34°C by Sunday.

IMD said the wind direction will stay northwesterly till Sunday, with an average speed of 10-15 km/hr likely. (HT Archive)

With clearer skies, days will turn warmer, while nights will continue to remain slightly chilly due to cold northwesterly winds. Minimum temperatures are likely to stay between 18°C and 21°C, officials added.

On Thursday, Safdarjung, Delhi’s base weather station, recorded a maximum temperature of 29.9°C, four degrees above normal and a jump from 26.5°C recorded a day earlier. The IMD has forecast a steady rise ahead, with it expected to hover around 31°C on Friday; between 32-33°C on Saturday and possibly up to 34°C by Sunday.

“With the western disturbance departing, there has been a reduction in moisture which will see clear skies return to the region. Days will be warmer, but cold northwesterly winds will be blowing at night-time, bringing a slight chill from snow-clad mountains,” said an IMD official, adding no significant change in the temperature is likely till Sunday.

Meanwhile, the minimum stood at 20.6°C on Thursday, which was around normal. In comparison, it was 18.1°C at the Ridge station in north Delhi and 18.4°C in Palam. The minimum is likely to oscillate between 18-21°C till Sunday.

During this period, IMD said the wind direction will stay northwesterly till Sunday, with an average speed of 10-15 km/hr likely.

Delhi’s air quality stayed in the ‘satisfactory’ range for the third consecutive day on Thursday. The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) was 100 (satisfactory) at 4 pm on Thursday, compared to 81 (satisfactory) a day earlier. Forecasts by the Centre’s Air Quality Early Warning System (EWS) for Delhi shows AQI is likely to return to the ‘moderate’ range on Friday.

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Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More

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