The number of days when any place in India breached 40°C in March and the sum of areas where the threshold was breached has rapidly increased since the 2000s
Pune experiences heatwave-like conditions with temperatures above normal, reaching 40.9 degrees Celsius in Lavale. Health advisory issued as temperatures rise.
As per the data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Friday, March 22, the maximum temperature at Shivajinagar was recorded at 37.5 degrees Celsius