Delhites woke up to a pleasant weather on the weekend, as Rain lashed parts of the national capital in the early hours of Sunday.

Areas including Mandi House, RK Puram, Indraprastha, Kartavya Path, and Central Delhi witnessed fresh showers.

Delhi also witnessed a sudden change in weather on Saturday morning as well. Several areas in Delhi, including Greater Kailash, India Gate, RK Puram, and Janpath, experienced strong winds and light showers on Saturday morning.

On Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi.

"Severe Weather Observed over Northwest India during 0830 hrs IST to 2030 hrs IST of yesterday, the 02nd March 2024," IMD posted on X.

The IMD said that a western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation lies over north Afghanistan and its neighbourhoods, and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to the Northwest Arabian Sea in lower and middle tropospheric levels. It further said that high moisture feeding is taking place from the Arabian Sea to northwest India and is likely to continue till March 3.

Following the rainfall, cloudy skies engulfed the region and the adjoining areas, bringing the temperature a notch down.

Although, the weather department said that there would no significant change in minimum temperatures over northwest India during the next three days it would fall by 3-5 degrees Celsius thereafter.

Meanwhile, the national capital clocked the best Air Quality Index (AQI) in 137 days as a result of strong and gusty surface winds cruising at a speed of 40-50km/hour which filtered out pollutants and aided the national capital. According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s national bulletin, Delhi recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) reading of 117 (moderate) at 4pm on Saturday, the lowest since October 17, 2023, when it read 89 (satisfactory).