The residents of the national capital witnessed the temperature drop as the gusty wind along with rain and thunder swept parts of Delhi-NCR on Monday. The rain brought a very chilly winter morning on Tuesday, October 17 as the mercury was brought down to 30.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the seasons average. The minimum temperature will hover around 19 degree Celcius with with the wind speed around 3.89.#WATCH | Delhi: Rain lashes parts of the national capital.(Visuals from Moti Bagh area) pic.twitter.com/sRiqxWvZj7— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2023 Delhi-NCR weather changeMahesh Palawat, vice president (meteorology and climate change), Skymet Weather, in a post of X, said, “Heavy thunder and rain clouds moving across Delhi and NCR. From west to east. Intense rain and hail storms are possible. Take care.”Heavy #thunder and #rain clouds moving across #Delhi and NCR. From west to east. Intense rain and #hailstorm are possible. Take care.https://t.co/rd2BmUkVU5 #DelhiRains @SkymetWeather @JATINSKYMET pic.twitter.com/T8SsXbtvUW— Mahesh Palawat (@Mpalawat) October 16, 2023 Commenting further on the sudden weather change in Delhi he said is another post “From 36.5 to 30.5 in the last 24 hours. Minimum may also fall.”The air quality index (AQI) on Monday showed that the air quality fell to poor category as the 24-hour AQI at 4 pm was recorded at 207. However, the air quality is expected to stay at the moderate category on Tuesday.An AQI between 0-50 is considered “good”, 51-100 “satisfactory”, 101-200 “moderate”, 201-300 “poor”, 301-400 “very poor” and 401-500 “severe”. An AQI above 500 falls in the “severe plus” category.The weather agency has said that the sky will generally remain cloudy on Tuesday with the possibility of light rain or thundershowers.The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 31 and 20 degrees Celsius, respectively.
