New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Parts of India have begun recording temperatures above 40degC for the first time this year, signalling an early onset of summer-like conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned on Tuesday, predicting heatwave in pockets of the Konkans, coastal Karnataka and North Kerala.
The Kannur airport station in Kerala recorded the highest temperature of 40.4degC across the country's plains on Monday, marking the first instance of temperatures crossing the 40-degree threshold in 2025.
While not quite a record - in 2023, Gujarat's Bhuj recorded 40.4degC on February 16 - such temperatures are rare for anywhere in the country in the first two months of the year. Rarer still are heatwave conditions in February.
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