By Admin 
The morning of March 13 in Delhi has broken all the records of this year as this morning has been recorded as the hottest morning of the year 2026. The minimum temperature recorded was 20.4 degrees Celsius. This temperature is 5.3 degrees above normal. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the effect of heat is being felt rapidly in the capital in the early days of March.
abnormal rise in temperature
People in Delhi-NCR had to face hotter than normal weather on Friday morning. According to the Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature in the capital was recorded about 5 degrees above normal. The department has also indicated that there may be a change in the weather around March 15 and there is a possibility of light rain. This is expected to bring down the temperature and provide some relief from the humid heat.
Temperature conditions in different areas
According to the centre-wise data of the Meteorological Department, the temperature was recorded above normal in different parts of the capital. The minimum temperature in Palam was 18.4 degrees Celsius, which is 3.3 degrees above normal. Lodhi Road recorded 19.2 degrees Celsius and Ridge area recorded 19 degrees Celsius, which are 5.2 and 3.1 degrees above normal respectively. Whereas in Ayanagar the minimum temperature was recorded at 19.8 degrees Celsius, which is 5.1 degrees more than normal.
Air quality also remained bad
At 9 am, Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 200, which falls in the ‘poor’ category. According to the ‘Sameer’ app of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), air quality was in the ‘poor’ category at 18 monitoring centres, while it was recorded as ‘moderate’ at 26 centres. According to CPCB standards, AQI between 0 to 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.