Delhi feels winter chill, temperature drops to 8° Celsius, air quality remains in ‘poor’ category

Temperature dip in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, with poor air quality in the national capital.

The national capital witnessed a temperature dip as the minimum recorded on Tuesday (December 10, 2024) at 7 a.m. was 8° Celsius.

Meanwhile, Delhi’s air quality slipped into the ‘poor’ category with the AQI recorded at 223. Out of the 38 monitoring stations, only Jahangirpuri recorded air quality in the ‘very poor’ category.

As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI was measured as 224 at 8 a.m. in the national capital. AQI in some areas of the national capital was recorded as poor. 254 at ITO, 214 at Alipur, 216 at Chandni Chowk and 203 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at 8 a.m..

Similarly, in Jammu and Kashmir, temperatures have also declined, with a maximum of 10 degrees Celsius and a minimum of -2° Celsius accompanied by a partly cloudy sky.

In Uttar Pradesh, conditions were alike, with residents in Kanpur gathering around fires to warm themselves as the minimum temperature fell to 8° Celsius. In West Bengal's Kolkata temperature was recorded at 19.8° Celsius.

In Ahmedabad, the temperature was recorded at 18° Celsius at 10 a.m. on Tuesday (December 10).

Rajkumar, a resident of Delhi, said that the cold weather is pleasant for walking. "It is cold now and we are feeling fine while roaming and walking and the weather has become very good in Delhi at this time," he told ANI.