Weather experts weigh in on why spring gave city a miss
NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 31.7 degrees Celsius on Saturday, Mumbai, 34.6 degrees, and Kolkata, 35.8 degrees as many parts of India experienced the hottest spring they have in years as the absence of western disturbances, cyclonic storms originating in the Mediterranean more than offset the effect of La Niña, which many experts expected to prolong the winter in the northern plains.
There might be a respite for a few days, from Sunday to the middle of next week, but it isn’t
expected to be much of one, and then, forecasters say, it will heat up even more.
Since Monday (till Saturday),
maximum temperatures in Delhi have read: 28.9; 31.5; 32.5; 33.2; 33; and 31.7 degrees C.