Gurgaon: The city saw diverse weather patterns on Thursday, beginning with light rainfall in the early hours -- 8.5mm of rain by 8.30am -- followed by bright sunshine which led to an increase in the minimum temperature to 15.1 degrees Celsius. This surpassed the previous day's minimum temperature of 10.4 degrees Celsius by 4.7 notches and exceeded the season's normal by six degrees.
The maximum temperature settled at 24.1 degrees Celsius, 2.8 degrees below the previous day's 26.9 degrees and 0.3 notches beneath the seasonal average. This variation took place due to a partial cloud cover during afternoon hours.
The day also witnessed intensified wind activity, with speeds escalating to 20kmph, twice the velocity of 10kmph observed on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the city's air quality index (AQI) went down to 148, in ‘moderate' category, from 181.

According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (Safar), AQI is expected to go down further over the next three days due to favourable conditions for pollutants' dispersal.
"The predominant surface winds, likely from the north, will prevail at speeds below 15kmph during morning hours for the next two days. Northwest wind speed may increase to 20-30kmph during the afternoon," Safar stated.
An AQI reading between 0 and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.