<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/air-quality-very-poor-in-delhi-minimum-temperature-at-8-2-degrees-celsius-23453716" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Delhi</a> on Monday recorded a 10.3 degrees Celsius minimum temperature, 3.5 notches above the normal for the season.</p>
<p>The air quality at 9 am was in the 'moderate' category at 178.</p>
<p>Ten stations recorded the Air Quality Index in the 'poor' and the rest showed it to be in the 'moderate' category, according to data from the Sameer app.</p>
<p>The 24-hour AQI was at 225, 'poor', at 4 pm on Sunday.</p>
<p>Humidity at 8.30 am was 87 per cent, according to the weather department.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/delhis-air-quality-severe-at-441-temperature-drops-to-7-6-degrees-celsius-23449014" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">India Meteorological Department</a> has forecasted smog and dense fog in most places, and very dense fog in isolated areas in the morning.</p>
<p>Mainly clear skies are expected later, while smog or shallow fog is likely to develop in the evening and night, it said.</p>
<p>The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to settle at 18 and 9 degrees Celsius.</p>
<p>An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered 'good,' 51 and 100 'satisfactory,' 101 and 200 'moderate,' 201 and 300 'poor,' 301 and 400 'very poor,' and 401 and 500 'severe.'</p>
<p>The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) has set up 235 pagoda tents to provide shelter to homeless people.</p>
<p>Night shelters have been set up in several areas of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/delhi-air-pollution-crisis-worsens-as-more-areas-come-under-severe-category-23430389" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">national capital</a> including AIIMS, Lodhi Road, and Nizamuddin flyover.</p>
<p>The air quality index recorded in the national capital at 8 am is 179, categorised as moderate, according to the data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).</p>
<p>Meanwhile, visuals have emerged from other parts of the nation too. In Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, people spent their night at shelter homes as the minimum temperature plunged to 12 degrees Celsius.</p>
<p>A layer of fog covered parts of Ayodhya city. The minimum temperature dropped to 9 degrees Celsius, as per IMD.</p>
<p>Amid the coldwave in<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/delhis-aqi-remains-in-very-poor-category-at-388-amidst-dense-fog-23451669" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"> Punjab</a>, a thin layer of fog covered Jalandhar, though, people stuck to their daily chores.</p>
<p>On Sunday, the IMD predicted a gradual fall in temperatures across parts of northwest and central India, including Delhi, over the next few days.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from Agencies)</strong></p><p>
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