Whereas Delhi’s tryst with an unusually heat November might have been damaged on Wednesday, with the utmost temperature dipping a level beneath regular, the primary 12 days of the month noticed the very best most temperature since not less than 2015.
The utmost common temperature between November 1 and 12 this 12 months was 32.6 levels Celsius, as per IMD knowledge. Solely two years up to now decade noticed the common most temperatures touching 30 levels Celsius in the identical period — 2022 and 2016.
October was the warmest in 73 years, IMD knowledge exhibits.
The first cause for top temperatures is the wind route. Because the monsoon recedes, Western and North Western winds change into predominant, changing winds from the South Jap and Jap instructions.
“Winds that come from the West and North West are cooler and are instrumental in bringing temperatures down. This 12 months, these winds haven’t been dominant. It was solely within the final two days that the route modified. Consequently, we noticed a dip in temperature on Wednesday,” stated a senior IMD official.
Within the coming days, as per the IMD forecast, the utmost temperature within the metropolis is anticipated to be between 29 and 27 Celsius. “It is because cooler winds are actually anticipated to dominate,” the official added.
The wind sample can be liable for maintaining Delhi out of the ‘extreme’ AQI class.
“We noticed that as quickly because the wind route modified, the air in Delhi additionally grew to become extra polluted. It is because, alongside the town’s personal air pollution sources and cooler temperatures, components such because the transport of paddy stubble burning residue got here into play. Earlier, when South Jap winds have been blowing, it was Punjab that was bearing the brunt of stubble burning,” the official added.
