The national capital on Saturday woke up to comparatively cleaner air quality with Air Quality Index (AQI) at 95. The improvement in Delhi's pollution is due to incessant spell of rains that have lashing the city in the past two days. However, as the day would progress, the AQI is predicted to set in at 323.
\n\nMeanwhile, as winter sets in, ushering in the capital's peak pollution season, this month has set several records in terms of weather and air quality. Delhi has recorded its cleanest October air in more than a decade, its wettest October in four years and its coldest October day since 2011.
\n\nDelhi recorded an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 167 this October, the lowest for the month since 2015, according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
\n\nThe city also recorded its wettest October in four years with a cumulative rainfall of 123.3 mm till 8.30 am on October 30 — fourth highest since 1954. The last time Delhi received higher rainfall in October was in 2022, when it recorded 128 mm.
\n\nThe monthly normal rainfall for the city is 15.1 mm.
\n\nThe average minimum and maximum…
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