New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) Delhi witnessed partly cloudy skies on Friday, with the maximum temperature settling at 34.9 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees above normal, as similar weather is likely to continue on Saturday.
The weather office has forecast partly cloudy skies in the capital on Saturday, with the maximum temperature expected to hover around 35 degrees Celsius.
Station-wise data showed that Palam recorded a maximum temperature of 32.9 degrees Celsius, 2.2 degrees below normal, while Lodi Road recorded 34.6 degrees Celsius, 1.6 degrees above normal.
Safdarjung recorded a maximum temperature of 34.9 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees above normal, while Ridge and Ayanagar recorded 34.4 degrees Celsius and 34.2 degrees Celsius, respectively, both 0.1
degrees above normal.
The humidity was recorded at 79 per cent at 6 pm.
Delhi’s air quality was in the “satisfactory” category, with the Air Quality Index standing at 89 at 6 pm, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.
Under the CPCB’s AQI scale, a reading between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51-100 “satisfactory”, 101-200 “moderate”, 201-300 “poor”, 301-400 “very poor” and 401-500 “severe”. PTI MSJ MSJ MPL MPL
