A day after witnessing its coldest March day in six years, New Delhi and surrounding NCR regions woke up to dense fog and thick cloud cover on Saturday morning, creating rare weather conditions for this time of the year.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the temperature at Safdarjung observatory was recorded at 14°C around 7:20 am, with humidity touching 100 per cent, leading to misty and low-visibility conditions. No fresh weather alerts have been issued for the day.
The unusual fog follows heavy rainfall and thunderstorms that lashed the region on Friday, triggered by an active western disturbance. The sudden weather shift brought relief from rising temperatures and significantly cooled the city.
Friday was recorded as Delhi’s coldest March day since 2020, with the maximum temperature dropping sharply. The rainfall also improved air quality, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) falling to 93—placing it in the ‘satisfactory’ category for the first time in nearly five months.
The recent spell of rain has also made this March the wettest in the last three years. Weather experts attribute these changes to a strong western disturbance system extending from northern Pakistan to central India, along with cyclonic circulations over Haryana and southern Uttar Pradesh.
Several parts of Uttar Pradesh also witnessed gusty winds, thunderstorms, and rainfall over the past two days, contributing to the overall weather pattern across North India.
While conditions are expected to stabilise gradually, the sudden drop in temperature and presence of fog have made this one of the most unusual March weather events in recent years for Delhi-NCR.
