Max temperatures may rise 2-3 degrees Celsius in North India in 3 days: IMD

May not have an impact on standing wheat crop as was being feared

After a relatively moderate increase in temperatures so far in March, peppered with unseasonal rains that flattened the standing crop in several states, maximum temperatures over Northwest, West and Central India might rise by 2-3 degrees over the next three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

But this rise could be short-lived, and maximum temperatures are likely to fall by 2-3 degrees thereafter, especially in the wheat growing regions of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh in Northwest India.

“In Northwest India, the gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3°C is very likely over the next three