In its summer outlook for this year, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that temperatures — minimum, maximum as well as the mean — are likely to be “above normal” till June in every meteorological sub-division of the country. Northwest India and the plains near the Himalayas are likely to face particularly warmer summer this year with temperatures likely to be more than 1°C above normal. The IMD said the deviation from the normal temperature would reduce progressively while moving towards the southern regions of the country. It warned that these areas were likely to experience “above normal moderate to severe heat wave conditions” during this period. As such, the sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean were unlikely to have any influence on the summer temperatures over the country, it said.

Source: Indian Express February 28, 2017 22:30 UTC