Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’; minimum temperature lowest for November since 2022
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said cold northwesterly winds were expected to persist in Delhi on Thursday, with the minimum staying around 8°C
Delhi’s air quality remained “very poor” on Wednesday, even as the minimum temperature of 8°C was three degrees below normal and the lowest for November since 2022, when it dipped to 7.3°C. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 9°C, compared to 9.3°C on Monday.
Meteorological conditions are unlikely to change in the coming days. (Reuters)
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said cold northwesterly winds were expected to persist on Thursday, with the minimum staying around 8°C.
An air quality index (AQI) of 333 (very poor) was recorded at 9am on Wednesday. It was 353 (very poor) at 4pm on Tuesday and 382 on Monday. The AQI improved thanks to higher wind speeds during the day.
The air quality is expected to remain “very poor” with Wednesday being the 21st straight day, when the AQI has been 300 or higher. Delhi logged 21 such consecutive days between November 2 to 22, 2022. Another such 21-day streak was recorded from January 11 to 31, 2024.
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The longest streak of such days was last year, with 32 straight days of 300+ AQI between October 30 and November 30. This included a peak of 494 (severe) AQI on November 18. The second-longest streak of such days of 23 was between December 17, 2018, and January 8, 2019.
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The longest streak of such days was last year, with 32 straight days of 300+ AQI between October 30 and November 30. This included a peak of 494 (severe) AQI on November 18. The second-longest streak of such days of 23 was between December 17, 2018, and January 8, 2019.
Meteorological conditions are unlikely to change in the coming days. A reprieve from “very poor” AQI is unlikely until at least November 28. Delhi is on course to be the second-longest such streak for the time being.
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“Delhi’s air quality is likely to be in the ‘very poor’ category from November 26 to 28. The outlook for the subsequent six days shows the air quality is likely to be between the ‘severe’ to ‘very poor’ categories,” said the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi in its daily bulletin on Tuesday.
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.
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