Delhi records shallow fog after Friday showers

Fog reduced visibility at Safdarjung to 500 metres at 6.30am on Saturday, down from 4,000 metres at the same time a day earlier. At Palam, visibility was 800 metres, compared with 4,000 metres on Friday, IMD data showed.

The readings fall within the IMD’s shallow-fog range of 500 to 1,000 metres. Friday brought rain across parts of Delhi: rainfall measured over the 24 hours ending 8.30am was 4.2mm at Safdarjung, 3mm at Palam, 4mm at Lodhi Road, and 2.1mm each at Ridge and Ayanagar.

Delhi’s 24-hour average AQI was 117 on Saturday, in the moderate category, after recording 60, or satisfactory, on Friday. The maximum temperature at Safdarjung reached 27.9°C, 3.1 degrees below normal but 7.2 degrees higher than Friday’s reading. The minimum was 16.2°C.

No rain was recorded at five monitoring stations between 8.30am and 5.30pm on Saturday.