Mercury in Noida 4°C above season average; Gzb, G Noida air improves

NOIDA: The air quality of Ghaziabad and Greater Noida on Wednesday improved to ‘moderate’ levels for the first time in the past 24 days, while that of Noida continued to be under the ‘moderate’ category for the third day in row, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

However, Noida saw a rise of three degrees Celsius (°C) in the maximum temperature which settled at 30.8°C on Wednesday against 27.8 °C a day earlier. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the day temperature was 4°C above the season’s average. The minimum temperature for the city was almost similar at 17.9°C against 17.1°C on Tuesday.

According to weather analysts, proper ventilation due to the rise in mercury and good wind speed helped in dispersion of the pollutants from the region.

According to IMD, the mercury may slightly rise further in the next few days but will oscillate around 14°C as minimum and 30-32°C as maximum for Safdarjung, Delhi, which is also average for NCR.

For NCR, as per reading at Safdarjung station, the minimum temperature was recorded at 13.2 degrees Celsius, two degrees higher than the season’s average and the maximum at 30.8 degrees Celsius, four degrees above the season’s average.

“The mercury is likely to rise for the next few days until March 7 when the region may see light rains. The wind speed will remain moderate and north-westerly,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head, regional weather forecasting centre, IMD.

Meanwhile, the air quality of Ghaziabad and Greater Noida improved and entered ‘moderate’ zone after oscillating in-between ‘poor’ to ‘severe’ category since February 7.