New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) It was a pleasant Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 16.6 degree Celsius, a notch below the season's average.

"The sky will remain partly cloudy throughout the day," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

Maximum temperature is likely to hover around 34 degree Celsius.

At 8.30 a.m., humidity was recorded at 68 per cent.

Wednesday's maximum temperature was 34.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average, and the minimum temperature was 15.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the average.

The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was 'moderate' at 169 as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting.

--IANS akk/mr