KARACHI, PESHAWAR: Karachiites proceed to expertise chilly climate with town’s temperature dropping beneath the ten levels Celsius mark for a second time within the ongoing month.
The temperature within the nation’s monetary hub was recorded at 9.5°C together with 41% humidity stage and eight kilometres per hour winds from the northwest.
Beforehand, the Pakistan Meteorological Division (PMD) had recorded the minimal temperature on the Jinnah Terminal at 9.1°C.
Earlier this week, the Met Workplace had forecast intermittent robust winds within the metropolis, with a drop of three°C to 4°C at night time in southeastern Sindh.
It additionally mentioned that the temperature within the higher and central elements of the province was more likely to stay 3°C to five°C decrease than regular.
Nevertheless, the nation’s monetary hub shouldn’t be the one metropolis experiencing chilly climate, because the temperature has additionally went down in numerous areas of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In Balochistan’s capital Quetta, the minimal temperature was recorded at -4°C. Different cities within the province with low mercury embrace Kalat (-5°C), Nokundi (1°C), Sibi (3°C), Gwadar and Jiwani (8°C) and Turbat (9°C).
In the meantime, in KP, with partially cloudy climate and humidity ranges of 92%, the minimal temperature recorded in Peshawar was 1°C.
Poor air high quality
The prevailing chilly wave can also be coupled with poor air high quality index (AQI) in Karachi and Lahore — the nation’s largest cities respectively.
Lahore, which has been battling extreme smog for a number of weeks now, emerged because the second most polluted metropolis on the earth with Swiss air high quality monitor IQAir displaying town’s AQI at “hazardous” 303.
The Punjab’s capital was solely topped by India’s New Delhi whose AQI was recorded at 790 at round 9:50am.
Karachi alternatively was ranked because the sixth most polluted metropolis with an AQI of 199 — which is termed “unhealthy” by the Swiss monitor.