Delhi weather update: Unpack your sweaters as temperature drops sharply, IMD predicts cloudy sky

Delhiites woke up to a chill in the air in the morning on Wednesday as the minimum temperature dropped to 9 degrees Celsius in the past 24 hours. This is 4 degrees Celsius lower than normal, according to data shared by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The maximum recorded temperature in past 24 hours was 23.4 degrees Celsius, which is also 4 degrees Celsius lower than normal. The relative humidity stood stood at 41 per cent. The weather office has forecast partly cloudy sky during the day today.

Delhi Weather Forecast

The IMD has forecast partly cloudy sky over the next few days with minimum temperature ranging between 10 degrees Celsius to 13 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, the maximum temperature is likely to remain between 23 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius. The sky is likely to remain partly cloudy. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded in the “moderate” category (148) at 7:50 am on Wednesday. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.

IMD Weather Forecast For Rest of India

Dry weather is expected across most of the country over the next five days, with the exception of the Western Himalayan region, where there may be isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall or snowfall during the nights of till 7th, 2024. In the past 24 hours, there has been light to moderate rainfall or snowfall in various regions including Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Additionally, there has been light to moderate rainfall in Gangetic West Bengal and isolated rainfall in several other places such as East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand.

Over the next five days, a new Western Disturbance is expected to influence weather patterns, with a trough in the middle tropospheric westerlies extending roughly along Long. 56°E to the north of Lat. 32°N. This disturbance will likely bring isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall or snowfall over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh.