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The base temperature in the public capital settled at 12.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, two steps over the season's normal, the climate division said.

By and large overcast skies with extremely light downpour or thundershowers are normal during the day, an India Meteorological Office release said.

The relative moistness at 8.30 am was 96%.

The Air Quality File (AQI) was 366 at 9 am, as per the information by the Focal Contamination Control Board.

While six out of 37 observing stations (Punjabi Bagh, Bawana, Mundka, Nehru Nagar and Jahangirpuri) kept AQI in the "extreme" classification, at 30 stations it was "exceptionally poor".

As per the climate division, the greatest temperature is supposed to float around 24 degrees Celsius.