Mumbai: Temperature in the city has dropped yet again which has resulted in nip in the air quality. On Monday morning, parts of city saw bad visibility as smog loomed over Mumbai.
After experiencing a ‘moderate’ AQI day, Mumbai’s air quality slipped to ‘poor’ category. On Monday, the AQI stood at 290.
Meanwhile, the pollutant PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations were at 117 and 176 respectively.
The Air Quality Index from 0 to 100 is considered as good, 100 to 200 is moderate, from 200 to 300 it is poor, and 300 to 400 is very poor and from 400 to 500 or above it is considered as severe.
Mumbai Weather
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the city on Sunday recorded lowest temperature of this season as the mercury dropped to 13.8°C.
In their daily forecast for the city and surrounding areas, the weather agency said that the city and suburbs will see mainly clear sky. The minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to be around 28°C & 14°C, respectively.
The temperature of the city currently is 16.4°C and the humidity percentage was recorded at 89% and the precipitation rate is at 0%.
Mumbai: City shivers at season’s lowest temp; mercury drops to 13.8°C
AQI of different areas in Mumbai
Colaba: 147 AQI Moderate
Mazgaon: 341 AQI Very Poor
Worli: 149 AQI Moderate
Sion: 256 AQI Poor
Thane: 164 AQI Moderate
Navi Mumbai: 353 AQI Very Poor
AQI of other metro cities
The air quality in Pune is ‘poor’ with an AQI of 218. Meanwhile, Chennai is seeing AQI of 160. Hyderabad’s AQI was recorded to be 107 while Kolkata stood at 167. India’s Silicon Valley, Bengaluru recorded an AQI of 162 and Ahmedabad saw an AQI of 108. Delhi’s AQI is ‘moderate’ with the figure standing at 183 today.
