{"id":8381,"date":"2026-04-25T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/delhi-heatwave-heatwave-warning-in-delhi-imd-issues-yellow-alert-amid-rising-temperatures-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:07:51","slug":"delhi-heatwave-heatwave-warning-in-delhi-imd-issues-yellow-alert-amid-rising-temperatures-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/delhi-heatwave-heatwave-warning-in-delhi-imd-issues-yellow-alert-amid-rising-temperatures-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Heatwave: Heatwave warning in Delhi: IMD issues yellow alert amid rising temperatures | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130508096,imgsize-55044,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/safdarjung-which-represents-delhis-official-weather-data-recorded-a-minimum-temperature-of-252c-which-is-25-degrees-above-normal-and-07-degrees-higher-than-the-previous-day-ians-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Heatwave warning in Delhi: IMD issues yellow alert amid rising temperatures\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The minimum temperature in the city recorded a slight rise on Saturday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for the day, warning of possible heatwave conditions in isolated areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Safdarjung, which represents Delhi\u2019s official weather data, recorded a minimum temperature of 25.2\u00b0C, which is 2.5 degrees above normal and 0.7 degrees higher than the previous day.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Other weather stations also recorded a slight rise in minimum temperatures on Saturday. This comes a day after isolated parts of the city experienced the season\u2019s first heatwave conditions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> Palam recorded a minimum of 26.8 degrees Celsius, a 1.2 degree change from Friday; Lodhi Road recorded a minimum of 24 degrees, 1.4 degrees more than a day before; and Ayanagar recorded 25.1 degrees Celsius as the minimum, a 1.7 degree increase.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/> &#8220;There might be heatwave conditions in isolated parts of the city. Sustained surface winds of speed 15-25 kmph might be observed during the day,&#8221; an IMD official said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The weather department has forecast the maximum temperature to hover around 40\u201342\u00b0C on Saturday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi stood at 243 (poor) at 9 am, compared to the 24-hour average of 226 (poor) recorded at 4 pm on Friday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>As per CPCB standards, an AQI of 0\u201350 is considered \u2018good\u2019, 51\u2013100 \u2018satisfactory\u2019, 101\u2013200 \u2018moderate\u2019, 201\u2013300 \u2018poor\u2019, 301\u2013400 \u2018very poor\u2019, and 401\u2013500 \u2018severe\u2019.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) has forecast that Delhi\u2019s air quality is likely to remain in the \u2018poor\u2019 category over the weekend before improving to \u2018moderate\u2019 levels in the following days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(With agency inputs)<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/heatwave-warning-in-delhi-imd-issues-yellow-alert-amid-rising-temperatures\/articleshow\/130507982.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The minimum temperature in the city recorded a slight rise on Saturday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for the day, warning of possible heatwave conditions in isolated areas.Safdarjung, which represents Delhi\u2019s official weather data, recorded a minimum temperature of 25.2\u00b0C, which is 2.5 degrees above normal and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-delhi"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}