While March began with extremely hot weather conditions for parts of Peninsular India, soon Central India and Northwest India followed suit.
Thereafter, heatwave gripped several parts of East India including Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar.
Here, temperatures even crossed the 45-degree mark at a few areas. So much so that Bhubaneswar at 45.8°C recorded the all-time highest maximum.
Now, while temperatures have marginally gone down over some parts of East India, heatwave has started to grip parts of Peninsular India including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Marathwada, Vidarbha and isolated pockets of Karnataka.
Temperatures have been above the 40 degree mark at several places. For instance, Titlagarh in Odisha recorded its maximum as 45°C, and Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh sizzled at 44°C. Also, Hyderabad observed its maximum at 43°C which is the highest in 43 years.
Now, Northwest India which was observing lower maximums as compared to East and Central India is also likely to get under the grip of intense heatwave conditions.
Isolated pockets in Rajasthan and Gujarat have already started to record temperatures above the 40-degree mark. Parts of Uttar Pradesh will witness a gradual increase in temperatures as well.
Except Northeast India and isolate pockets of extreme South Peninsula, no rainfall activity is likely in any other part of the country. While a feeble Western Disturbance is approaching the Western Himalayas, it is not likely to affect the plains of North India.