Clouds hover over the Yamuna river, where a thick layer of toxic foam floats on the water during monsoon, at Kalindi Kunj, in Okhla, New Delhi, on August 8, 2026.
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The national Capital saw a slight decrease in the minimum temperature on Saturday (August 8, 2026), even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for the day, forecasting light to moderate rain.Safdarjung, representing the city's weather, recorded a minimum temperature of 24.7 degrees Celsius, 2.2 degrees below normal and a 0.9-degree decrease from the previous day. Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 22.5 degrees Celsius, a 0.7-degree decrease from the previous day; Lodhi Road recorded a minimum of 24.4 degrees Celsius; Ayanagar recorded a minimum of 24.7 degrees, a 0.1-degree decrease from the previous day.Several weather stations recorded light to moderate rain in the early hours of Saturday (August 8, 2026).Safdarjung recorded 16.6 mm of rain between 11.30 pm on Friday and 2.30 am on Saturday, and 1.6 mm of rain in the subsequent three hours. Palam recorded 10.2 mm of rain between 11:30 pm and 2:30 am, and 3.4 mm of rain between 2:30 am and 5:30 am.Pusa recorded 13 mm of rain until 2:30 am and 16 mm after that.IMD has forecast very light to moderate rain on Saturday (August 8, 2026) and said similar weather conditions are expected to continue for the next few days."There is a possibility of very light rain to light rain at many places on Saturday, with moderate rain at isolated places during early hours to noon. Another spell of very light to light rain is possible at many places in the evening or night," said an IMD official.According to the IMD forecast, the maximum temperature is likely to be around 30-32 degrees Celsius.Delhi recorded its wettest first week of August since 2011, receiving 127 mm of rainfall during the first seven days of the month as relentless rain lashed the national capital through Friday.Several weather stations recorded more than 100 mm of rainfall over the day. The city on Friday received its highest rainfall during the first week of August in 15 years, according to the IMD.The city's air quality index (AQI) remained in the satisfactory category on Saturday morning, recorded at 59 (satisfactory) at 9 am, as compared to the 24-hour average AQI of 63 (satisfactory) recorded at 4 pm on Friday, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).As per CPCB standards, an AQI of 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor', and 401-500 'severe'. Published - August 08, 2026 11:08 am IST
