Overview
- Delhi’s 24-hour average AQI stood near 220 in the poor category on Friday afternoon, improving from 241 on Thursday and sharply lower than 339 earlier this week.
- The Centre’s Air Quality Early Warning System forecasts moderate air quality for February 7–8, with a likely return to the poor band around February 9.
- IMD cited daytime winds of roughly 15–25 kmph helping disperse pollutants, with minimum temperatures near 9°C and highs around 24–25°C.
- Station readings remained mixed, with many sites in the poor range and a notable cluster in moderate; IGI T3 and Lodhi Road were among locations showing moderate AQI.
- Earlier in the week, fog and high PM2.5 drove a spike to very poor citywide conditions and 403 at Nehru Nagar, reducing visibility and delaying about 500 flights at IGI.