-Daytime temperatures are far below their normal levels on Tuesday
(TWC Met Team)
Tuesday 5 March: Summer has arrived rather early in the southern parts of the country, with many stations starting to experience unseasonably warm temperatures as early as mid-February. However, in the northern half of the country, the hot weather seems to be taking its sweet time to appear.
March is usually a transitional period that allows us to relax into the depths of the fiery Indian summer after experiencing the fleeting relief that winter provides. But what is confusing to many is that states in northern, central and western India have been witnessing very pleasant weather since the beginning of this month.
For example, the national capital recorded a night temperature of 9 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal, on Tuesday. Indore district in Madhya Pradesh also recorded a minimum temperature of 9 degrees Celsius on Monday, about 10 degrees lower than Sunday's temperature and the lowest March level in a decade. Turning west from there, the cities of Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra also recorded declines in mercury levels since Saturday.
That's not all, the Indian Weather Channel's meteorological team has issued a ruling that mercury levels may drop to 8 degrees below normal in some of these areas!
More specifically, the northwest region, including Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and even parts of some neighboring states like Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, can expect the daytime mercury to hover at 4-8 degrees below normal until Thursday (March 7). ). ). Rest of central India may see maximum temperature fluctuation by 1-4 degrees below normal.
However, the deviations in nighttime temperatures will not be drastic.
While this cold weather may seem like divine intervention, the real cause is simply an upper-level cold trough extending across the northern half of India, drawn there by the ongoing western disturbance near northwest India.
These cold air highs will continue until Wednesday, then they will gradually move northward, but the somewhat cooler air will continue to stagnate there for a while. Overall, this cooler trend is likely to continue over the northern half of India for at least the next two weeks.
Residents are advised to enjoy this cold weather while it lasts, because as March progresses, temperatures are expected to be higher than normal during the daytime across most parts of the southern peninsula, north-eastern and west-central India and many parts of northwest India. Furthermore, heat wave days are also likely to be higher than normal this month.
The blessing is that above-average rainfall may fall on the country this month, leaving room for some cooling. For a detailed forecast of what March will offer in terms of weather, check out the detailed IMD forecast here.
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