Delhi Records Highest Temperature Of This Year, Mercury To Rise Further
Key Takeaways:
- Delhi recorded 33.2°C at Safdarjung, about 6°C above normal, marking the highest temperature of the year so far.
- Maximum temperatures have remained above 30°C for the past 10 days, while the minimum reached 18.2°C, the highest of the year.
- Strong winds have limited further rise, but temperatures may touch 34°C today and cross 35°C within 3–4 days.
- Weak western disturbances will affect the hills, while Delhi remains largely on the outer edge of the system.
Delhi recorded the highest temperature of this year so far. The winter season ended with the highest maximum temperature of 32.5°C on 28th February 2026. Base station Safdarjung registered a high of 33.2°C yesterday, about 6°C above normal. The maximum temperature has remained above 30°C for the last ten days at a stretch. Even the night temperatures have started rising, and a minimum temperature of 18.2°C was recorded today morning, the highest so far this year. Mercury is likely to rise further today and may reach 34°C for the first time during this season.
Strong surface winds over the last few days have been restricting any abrupt rise in day temperature. Today also, it is likely to be windy, which will suppress any sharp surge. The mercury is likely to remain under 35°C today. The slowdown of the streaming northwesterly winds from tomorrow onwards will raise the chances of heat build-up, more so over the weekend.
There is a western disturbance as an upper air system over the mountains. The system is too mild to have any significant influence over the plains. It will bring scattered rain and snow over the higher reaches of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. This will be closely followed by another western disturbance arriving on 9th March. This system may be aided further by systems moving across Central Asia, and therefore prolong the weather activity. Residual weather activity may spill over to the foothills around the next weekend, between 13th and 15th March 2026. Delhi will still remain on the outer peripherals of the system, and the opening spell of pre-monsoon may roll over to the second half of March.
The surface and low-level winds will slow down from tomorrow onwards, making an incremental rise in temperature quite likely. The mercury is expected to breach the 35°C mark during the next 3–4 days. As it is, the mercury often shoots to 38°C in March, albeit during the second half of the month. Occasionally, it even breaches the 40°C mark, as it happened on 30th March 2021. The highest ever temperature in March was 40.6°C recorded on 31st March 1945.
