According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature dipped to around 18 degrees Celsius, while the maximum was forecast to reach approximately 32 degrees Celsius
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Mumbai experienced a refreshingly cool and pleasant start to Saturday, offering residents a welcome respite from the city’s usual humidity. Clear skies, light breezes and relatively lower temperatures made the early morning hours comfortable.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature dipped to around 18 degrees Celsius, while the maximum was forecast to reach approximately 32 degrees Celsius. The conditions marked one of the more comfortable winter days Mumbai has seen this season.
Meanwhile, air quality across the city remained in the ‘moderate’ category. Data from the SAMEER app showed Mumbai’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 205 on Saturday. At this level, air quality may cause breathing discomfort for individuals with lung disorders, asthma or heart-related ailments.
Delhi records season's coldest morning on Saturday
Meanwhile, the national capital on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 4.2 degrees Celsius, which was 2.7 notches below the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
With this, Delhi recorded the coldest morning of the ongoing winter season since 2024.
The previous coldest January day in the past years was recorded on January 15, 2024, when the minimum temperature had plunged to 3.3 degrees Celsius, triggering cold wave conditions across the national capital.
Station-wise data showed that the minimum temperature at Safdarjung settled at 4.2 degrees Celsius, Palam recorded 4.5 degrees Celsius, Lodhi Road reported 4.7 degrees Celsius, the Ridge station registered 5.3 degrees Celsius, while Ayanagar also recorded 4.5 degrees Celsius, indicating a sharp dip across Delhi's weather stations.
Today's reading was followed by Friday's second-coldest morning of the season, when the minimum temperature had dropped to 4.6 degrees Celsius.
The third-lowest minimum temperature of the current season was recorded earlier on December 4 and December 5 last year, when the mercury had settled at 5.6 degrees Celsius, followed closely by December 1, when the minimum temperature stood at 5.7 degrees Celsius.
IMD has predicted dense fog conditions during the day. Relative humidity was recorded at 100 per cent at 9 am.
The air quality was recorded in the 'very poor' category at 9 am on Saturday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 366, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 to 100 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 'moderate', 201 to 300 'poor', 301 to 400 'very poor', and 401 to 500 'severe'.
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