New Delhi, March 9 -- : Delhi continued to reel under unusually warm conditions, with the maximum temperature crossing 35degC for the third consecutive day.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the city's base weather station at Safdarjung Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 35.3degC on Monday, nearly 7degC above the normal for this time of the year.
According to IMD data, this is the third straight day of appreciably above-normal temperatures in the national capital. The mercury had risen to 35.7degC on Saturday, an unusually high reading for the first week of March.
In comparison, last year the temperature crossed the 35degC mark only in the second week of March, on March 14, when it touched 36.2degC. In recent year...