New Delhi:
The national capital wrapped on 1 hot January to reach 27 ° C on 1 hot January with the maximum temperature of Friday, making it the hottest day in the city since 2019.
The average maximum temperature of the month was 21.1 ° C, which is a notch above a long -term average of 20.1 ° C, which marks it as the hottest January in Delhi since 2019.
According to data from the Meteorological Department of India (IMD), the night temperature was also higher than normal.
The average minimum temperature for the month settled at 8.5 ° C, a notch above the LPA of 7.5 ° C, and the most since it was 8.7 ° C since 2017.
Meteorologists attributed the absence of strong western disturbances to a warm-to-normal January, which usually brings rain, lowering temperatures.
Meteorologist, Mahesh Palawat said, “This month, while the Western disturbances passed through North India, most of them were weak and resulted in not sufficient snowfall or rainfall.” “If we had one or two strong systems, we would have seen cold conditions due to icy winds and clouds. Instead, the temperature quickly increased.” Palawat said that the rainfall in northwestern India was 81 percent below normal, affects winter cold and also reduces the formation of fog. “January usually looks at dense fog, but this time, especially in the latter of the month, the fog has almost been absent,” he said.
On Friday, Delhi’s minimum temperature was 9.5 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal, while the lowest temperature of this month was recorded. On January 28, it was 5.6 degrees Celsius. The coldest day of the month was 1 January, when the maximum temperature was 15 ° C. ,
This month high temperatures contributed to a slight improvement in air quality, as the warm condition helps to spread pollutants. The average air quality index (AQI) of Delhi for January stood at 305, since 2022, the cleanest January, when the average was 279.
In comparison, the AQI of January was 355 in last year and 311 in 2023. However, Friday’s AQI 351 (very poor) was recorded, pollution levels were higher.
The forecasts suggest that Delhi’s air will hover in the ‘very poor’ category till 3 February, followed by a slight improvement.
“From 1 to 3 February, Delhi’s air quality is likely to be very poor.” This could be ‘poor’ in later days, “said the initial warning system of the Center for Delhi.
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