Foggy, wet morning in Delhi

Following overnight rains with the minimum temperature settling at 11.3 degrees Celsius, Delhi was covered by dense fog on January 17 morning. The weatherman has forecast generally cloudy skies with the possibility of very light rain or thundershower. Though the air quality was poor.

New Delhi: Delhiites woke up to a foggy Friday morning after overnight rains with the minimum temperature settling at 11.3 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season's average.

Humidity was recorded at 100 per cent. The Safdarjung observatory recorded 16.8 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am.

The weatherman has forecast generally cloudy skies with the possibility of very light rain or thundershower.

The maximum temperature on Friday is likely to settle around 17 degrees Celsius while minimum on Saturday is likely to settle around nine degrees Celsius.

The air quality index was recorded at 283, which falls in the 'poor' category.

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'.