Overview
- Delhi logged its coldest morning of the season, with 10.4°C at Safdarjung and 9.9°C at Aya Nagar, as the IMD forecast cold wave conditions in isolated pockets of the city from November 10 to 12.
- The capital’s air quality stayed in the ‘Very Poor’ range with an average AQI around 344–345, though regulators held off on stricter curbs after noting a slight improving trend.
- The IMD issued a cold wave alert for 20 districts in Madhya Pradesh, where minimums fell sharply, including 7.6°C in Rajgarh and sub-9°C readings in Bhopal and Indore.
- Mumbai recorded consecutive sub-20°C mornings (around 19–19.6°C at Santacruz) as the city’s AQI slid to ‘Moderate’ (about 103–110) with polluted pockets near 170–180, and the BMC pressed construction sites to install real-time air monitors.
- The national forecast points to cold to severe cold wave conditions across parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha, with IMD health and farm advisories urging cold protection and light evening irrigation for crops.