{"id":112215,"date":"2026-05-20T19:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=112215"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:18:14","slug":"intense-heatwave-grips-delhi-imd-issues-orange-alert-as-temperatures-head-for-46c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=112215","title":{"rendered":"Intense heatwave grips Delhi; IMD issues &#8216;Orange Alert&#8217; as temperatures head for 46\u00b0C"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Goa Khabar : Delhiites woke up to a warm Wednesday morning as the minimum temperature settled at 28.3 degrees Celsius. Capital residents are bracing for a grueling day ahead, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an &#8220;orange alert&#8221; due to looming heatwave conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An orange alert serves as a warning for residents to &#8220;be prepared&#8221; for extreme weather. According to the weather office, the maximum temperature is expected to hover around a scorching 46 degrees Celsius, with isolated pockets of the city likely to face severe, intense heatwave conditions during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morning temperatures across the city\u2019s major weather stations consistently stayed above normal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Safdarjung (Base Station):<\/strong> 28.3\u00b0C (1.8 notches above normal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Palam:<\/strong> 28.5\u00b0C (1.4 notches above normal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ridge:<\/strong> 28.0\u00b0C (1.3 notches above normal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ayanagar:<\/strong> 27.0\u00b0C (0.5 notch above normal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lodhi Road:<\/strong> 26.8\u00b0C (2.8 notches above normal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the air quality front, there was some relative relief. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded Delhi&#8217;s Air Quality Index (AQI) at 177 at 9:00 AM, placing it in the &#8216;moderate&#8217; category. Under CPCB guidelines, an AQI between 101 and 200 is deemed moderate, while anything above 200 slips into the poor to severe categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities advise residents to stay hydrated and avoid outdoor exposure during peak afternoon hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : Delhiites woke up to a warm Wednesday morning as the minimum temperature settled at 28.3 degrees Celsius. Capital residents are bracing for a grueling day ahead, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an &#8220;orange alert&#8221; due to looming heatwave conditions. An orange alert serves as a warning for residents to &#8220;be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":112216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-112215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6","category-155","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112217,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112215\/revisions\/112217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}