February had the e second warmest night
since 1901 with a monthly average all-India temperature of 14.61 degree Ce
May is most likely to be hotter in India with India Meteorological Department
(IMD) on Friday predicting "above nor
mal maximum (day) and minimum. (night) temperatures over most parts of the country during the three-month pe riod
As far as February is concerned, the
month had the second warmest night (minimum temperature) since 1901
with a monthly average all-India tem perature of 1461 degree Celsius. Re- gion-wise, south Peninsular India had
the warmest February since 1901 in terms of all minimum (night), maxi mum (day) and mean temperatures. The met department predicted that
the beginning of the summer this year
will be warner as both monthly maxi mum and minimum temperatures in March are most likely to be "above nor nor mal" March is niso likely to be a bit
rainier as rainfall during the month is
predicted to be "above normal",
Isolated areas of northwest, north east, central and Peninsular India may however, not be as hot during the day as
IMD predicted "normal to below nor mal" maximum temperatures for those areas
Above-normal number of heatwave
western Himalayan region, southwest
days are likely over most parts of the
Peninsula and west coast during March May, said IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra while releas
ing the outlook for seasonal temper atures. Mohapatrasaid the prevailing EINI-
no conditions the periodic warming of waters in the central Pacific Ocean- will continue through the summer sea-
son and neutral conditions are likely to develop thereafter. On the other hand, La Nina conditions generally associ ated with good monsoon rainfall in In dia are likely to set in by the second
half of the monsoon season. In March, "normal to above-nor mal rainfall is likely over most parts of
the country except over extreme south eastern areas of south Peninsula and some areas of northeast and extreme northwest India where "below normal" rainfall is likely
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