Delhi Weather Today: Heavy rainfall likely as IMD issues orange alert, AQI drops to 54 | Today’s news
Cloudy skies enveloped Delhi early Friday morning as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange warning for thunderstorms and rain. The city was drenched in heavy showers a day earlier and received moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours.
Safdarjung, the city’s base station, recorded 33.6 mm by 8:30 am, the IMD said. Lodhi Road received 33.7 mm of rainfall, followed by Ridge with 25.9 mm, Ayanagar with 4.2 mm and Palam with 1.8 mm during the same period.
On Friday, the IMD predicted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and very light to light, light at places, rainfall in the afternoon and evening and issued an ‘orange’ alert for the state capital.
The humidity was at 100 per cent at 8.30 am at Safdarjung station.
The total rainfall in May and June was lower than the rainfall recorded in the same months last year.
A comparison of the rainfall data for the first half of 2026 with 2025 (specifically for the Safdarjung station) shows that 2026 was significantly drier overall.
In 2025, May and June were extremely wet with a total of 293.5 mm of precipitation. In contrast, May and June 2026 recorded only 59.4 mm.
Today’s temperature in Delhi
The minimum temperature settled at 25.8 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, 1.5 degrees below normal, at 8.30 pm. The temperature recorded at 12 noon was recorded at 31 degrees Celsius.
Palam recorded 24.4 degrees Celsius, 2.8 degrees below normal, while Lodhi Road recorded 25.7 degrees Celsius, 0.3 degrees below normal.
Ridge station recorded a minimum of 22.9 degrees Celsius, 3.6 degrees below normal, and Ayanagar recorded 24.6 degrees Celsius, 2.4 degrees below normal.
Air quality in Delhi today
Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 54 at 9 am, placing it in the “satisfactory” category, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.
An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 as “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 as “moderate”, 201 and 300 as “poor”, 301 and 400 as “very poor”, and 401 and 500 as “necessary”.
