Delhi records hottest February day in over a decade as mercury hits 32.5 degrees Celsius

The summer season may have arrived sooner than anticipated this year, with Wednesday turning out to be the hottest February day in over a decade in the capital.

The Safdarjung observatory, which provides representative data for Delhi, recorded a maximum temperature of 32.5°C, seven degrees above its normal value.

Lodhi Road recorded 32.7°C, while Ayanagar and the airport observatory at Palam came in at 32.2°C and 30.5°C respectively.


The all-time low in recorded history for the month of February is 34.1°C, which occurred in 2006.

As compared to previous years, Delhi started seeing higher temperatures around three weeks earlier than normal in 2021. It breached the 30°C mark on February 11 this year, which usually happens at the end of February.

This trend is likely to continue in the coming days, as the weather bureau's forecast suggests that maximum temperatures will hover around 33°C.

"We expect maximum temperatures to be at least 32°C in the coming three days, and might touch 33°C as well," said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of regional weather forecasting at IMD.