The national capital Delhi climate will get colder and breathe cleaner air in the days to come, as per the prediction by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The much-needed breather particularly post-Diwali may arrive in the coming weeks.

According to Meteorological Department scientists, quoted as saying in an HT report, the minimum temperature in the national capital may fall to 9 degrees Celsius by November 22, there may be no severe changes in the air quality. They said the wind speeds are expected to remain high throughout the week, which will help keep the air quality in the range of moderate to poor.

According to SAFAR, Delhi-NCR's air quality is likely to remain in the ‘moderate’ and the lower end of the "poor" category on Thursday and Friday. SAFAR said it may deteriorate to the lower end of the "very poor" category on Friday and Saturday.  Meanwhile, Delhi on Thursday recorded "poor" air quality. At 9 am, the air quality index was recorded at 272. The 24-hour-average AQI was 211 on Wednesday and 171 on Tuesday.

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