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On Saturday, Delhi recorded the best air quality it has seen so far this year, with an AQI of 59.
The figure falls in the “satisfactory” category (AQI from 51 to 100). According to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), this is the “best AQI,” that is, the lowest figure, that Delhi has recorded so far this year.
This week, the AQI has been in the “satisfactory” category Wednesday onwards, with parts of the city recording rainfall.
A “good” air day, which is when the city’s AQI is 50 or less with minimal impact of air pollutants on health, has eluded Delhi so far this year. However, a few monitoring stations in the city recorded 24-hour average AQI in the “good” category on Saturday. At the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, for instance, the 24-hour average AQI was as low as 23 at 6 pm. Similarly, the 24-hour average AQI at Nehru Nagar was 37, data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows.
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For this, Delhi has intermittent rainfall to thank with parts of the city witnessing rainfall on Friday that continued into the night and early morning on Saturday. Safdarjung weather station, the city’s base observatory, recorded 15.4 mm of rainfall from 8.30 am on Friday to 8.30 am on Saturday. Over the same period, the Ridge in North Delhi recorded a higher amount of 83.4 mm, while Pitampura recorded 67 mm, according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
So far this month, Delhi has recorded 384.6 mm of rainfall, well above the normal of 209.7 mm for July. For the season so far, which the IMD considers to be from June 1, Delhi has seen 486.3 mm of rainfall, which is also above the normal of 271 mm for the monsoon till July 29.
A drizzle is likely in Delhi on Sunday, while the city could remain dry on Monday and Tuesday, going by the IMD forecast.
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