India, Feb. 12 -- Delhi's air quality improved to the "moderate" range on Thursday as wind speeds picked up to 20 km per hour, even as the minimum temperature was a degree above normal at 11.6degC, compared to 13.2degC on Wednesday. The minimum temperature was expected to oscillate between 11-13degC on Friday, before rising by another 1-2degC over the weekend.

On Wednesday, the mercury went up four degrees above normal to 27.5degC. It was 28.6degC on Tuesday. The maximum temperature is likely to hover between 25 and 28degC until Friday.

A 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 194 (moderate) was recorded at 9am on Thursday, down from 305 (very poor) at 4pm on Wednesday, when the Central Pollution Control Board releases its daily nat...