The month of March is usually a transition period in terms of weather for Delhi with a gradual rise in day temperatures as the days pass by. The maximum temperatures, in the beginning, settle at around 27 degrees Celsius and end at around 34 degrees Celsius. Thus, the second half of March is usually warmer than the first in comparison.
This year, during the month of March, Delhi has continued to witness above-normal maximum temperatures throughout the month. As far as the average maximums are concerned, the Palam observatory saw its average shooting up to 32.8 degrees against 29.6 degrees. Palam also saw 33.6 degrees as its average maximum in March as compared to 29.9 degrees.
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The maximum temperatures also went above 40-degrees for Palam and settled at 40.6 degrees Celsius, a day before, which is the highest since the year 2010. On the same day, Safdarjung observatory, on the other hand, saw the maximum at 38.6 degrees which were the highest of the season.
As far as rains, apart from the trace of rainfall on March 21, Delhi has remained dry joining the club of one of the driest March in a decade, the other two being in 2008 and 2010.
After heatwave conditions, there was some drop in the maximum temperatures over both the observatories with Palam settling at 37.4 degrees and Safdarjung recording 36.2 degrees. However, these temperatures were still 5 and 4 notches above normal, respectively.
Now, as per weathermen at Skymet Weather, temperatures in the coming days may reach close to 40 degrees resulting in scorching weather conditions during the month of April.
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