The metropolis recorded higher air quality throughout this era solely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic-affected 2020.
Delhi’s air quality in October this yr was the worst since 2020 with meteorologists attributing it to the shortage of rainfall. The capital recorded a median Air Quality Index (AQI) of 210 this October, in comparison with 210 in October final yr and 173 in October 2021, in response to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) knowledge.
Delhi noticed only one wet day (5.4 mm of precipitation) in October 2023, in distinction to 6 in October 2022 (129 mm) and 7 in October 2021 (123 mm). The Centre’s Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) stated the typical wind pace throughout October 2023 was comparatively low and spells of completely “still” circumstances have been additionally noticed throughout the month.
According to CPCB knowledge, the capital didn’t document even a single day with ‘good’ air quality, whereas there have been two such days in 2022 and one in 2021. The CAQM, nonetheless, reported that Delhi registered an AQI of 172 from January 1 to October 31 this yr, the second-best for the corresponding interval in six years.
The metropolis recorded higher air quality throughout this era solely throughout the COVID-19 pandemic-affected 2020. In 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2018, the typical AQI throughout this era ranged from 179 to 201, the CPCB stated in a press release.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘average’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
