New Delhi, March 15 -- Eleven weather stations in Gujarat and the Barmer weather station in Rajasthan recorded a maximum temperature of at least 40degC on March 10. On March 11, the list of weather stations that breached the 40degC threshold became somewhat longer (14 in Gujarat and one each in Maharashtra and Rajasthan) although most stations were the same as on March 10. While Gujarat and Rajasthan have some of the warmest places in India generally, is it usual for India to record maximum temperatures that breach the 40degC threshold this early in the year? An HT analysis suggests that March 10 is indeed early for such a breach, although it is not the earliest this breach has happened....