Today’s weather in Delhi: Maximum temperature will reach 33°C, air quality is poor in 12 areas, Anand Vihar is the worst.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the minimum temperature in Delhi on Sunday, October 19, was recorded at 20.6 degrees Celsius, which is 2.2 degrees above the seasonal average.

The relative humidity at 8.30 am was 71%.

The IMD has predicted mainly clear skies during the day. The maximum temperature is likely to be around 33 degrees Celsius.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) remained in the ‘poor’ category with a reading of 284 at 9 am.

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One AQI A score between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘bad’, 301 and 400 ‘very bad’ and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

Of the 38 monitoring stations in Delhi, 12 reported air quality in the ‘very poor’ category.

Anand Vihar recorded the highest AQI at 430. Wazirpur recorded an AQI of 364, Vivek Vihar 351, Dwarka 335, RK Puram 323, Siri Fort, Dilshad Garden and Jahangirpuri 318, Punjabi Bagh 313, Nehru Nagar. 310, Ashok Vihar 305 and Bawana 304, CPCB data showed.

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