New Delhi, March 1 -- Most parts of India are likely to experience above-normal temperatures and increased heatwave days between March and May after what was the warmest February on record since 1901, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday.
The agency predicted that both maximum and minimum temperatures will remain above normal across most of the country through May, sparing only isolated parts of peninsular and northeast India, suggesting the spring season may have all but vanished this year.
"Above-normal number of heatwave days are likely over most parts of the country except over northeast India, extreme north India and southwestern and southern parts of peninsular India," said DS Pai, senior scientist at IMD, during a vir...