At 18 Degrees, Shimla Feels The Heat In March, Sees Highest Minimum Temperature Recorded

Summer is still a few weeks away in most of northern India, but in most states, the temperature has already started rising, giving an indication of what is to come in the weeks and months ahead.

On Thursday, Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla gave a glimpse of what could be some really hot days for the region.

At 18 degrees Celsius, Shimla recorded an all-time high minimum temperature, the Meteorological Centre said on Thursday.

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Heatwave is also likely to occur at isolated pockets in the districts of Solan, Mandi, Kullu, Kangra. and Chamba, the Met Department said.

The average temperature in the capital city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh was recorded at 20.4 degrees Celsius, the website showed at 6.30 pm.

According to the website, the weather is likely to remain dry and sunny during the next 24 hours in the state. On the weekend, rains and thunderstorms are likely at isolated places.

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Earlier this month, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had said that normal or below normal heat conditions and lesser heatwaves are likely during the upcoming summer season over large geographical areas covering the southern peninsula, central India, the northern plains, east and northeast India.

In its March-May summer season temperature outlook released on Tuesday, the IMD said that above normal maximum temperatures would prevail over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and adjoining northern Maharashtra, and west Madhya Pradesh along with some pockets of east Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland during March, April and May.

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Whereas, normal or below normal maximum temperatures have been forecast over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, it added.

Scorching heat

Meanwhile, the severe heatwave in some parts and the heatwave in many other pockets of the country continued for the sixth day on Friday.

On Thursday, the highest temperature across India was reported at Nalgonda in Telangana at 43.5-degree Celsius.

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Severe heat wave conditions were observed at most parts over West Rajasthan, in many pockets over Himachal Pradesh and in some pockets in Jammu division, while heat wave conditions prevailed over many pockets of Saurashtra-Kutch, Vidarbha and in some places over parts of Gujarat and West Madhya Pradesh, the IMD said.

Maximum temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1-degree Celsius or more) at most places over Jammu & Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan; at many places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya; and at a few places over Saurashtra-Kutch.

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