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NEW DELHI: Delhi experienced a crisp acold spell connected Monday arsenic the minimum somesthesia dipped to 3.6°C successful parts of the city, with isolated cold-wave conditions recorded. Safdarjung, the city's basal station, logged 4.2°C - 4 degrees beneath mean - making it the coldest Republic Day since 2021, erstwhile the superior had witnessed 2.1°C.At the aforesaid time, the aerial prime slipped backmost to the 'poor' category, ending a uncommon two-day agelong of mean AQI successful Jan, with the 24-hour mean rising to 241 astatine 4pm from 153 connected Sunday, the lowest Jan speechmaking successful 4 years. Ayanagar recorded the city's lowest minimum astatine 3.6°C, portion Ridge logged 5.3°C. The 2 stations met the criteria of acold question connected Monday.Clear skies and persistent northwesterly winds implicit the play contributed to the driblet successful temperatures.
Wind speeds eased connected Monday owed to an approaching occidental disturbance, which is expected to rise the minimum somesthesia and bring airy rainfall connected Tuesday, officials said. IMD has issued a yellowish alert for Tuesday, forecasting airy to mean rainfall and snowfall crossed the occidental Himalayan portion connected Jan 27 and 28. Light to mean rainfall and isolated thunderstorms oregon hailstorms are besides apt implicit parts of northwest India.On Tuesday, the minimum is apt to stay betwixt 8°C and 10°C and the maximum betwixt 18°C and 20°C. Centre's Air Quality Early Warning System expects AQI to amended to 'moderate' connected Jan 27-28 earlier turning 'poor' again from Jan 29.
