IMD forecasts heatwave in northwest, central and south India as much as April 20

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IMD forecasts heatwave in northwest, central and south India as much as April 20 | India Information

2 min learnBengaluruApr 15, 2026 03:46 AM IST

South peninsula, central and northwest India areas are bracing for heatwave situations anticipated to final for the subsequent one week, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) stated on Tuesday.

The MeT division declares a heatwave when the utmost temperature recorded over a location crosses 40 levels Celsius (over the plains) or rises by 4.5 levels Celsius from regular. The brink temperature is 37 levels Celsius and 30 levels Celsius alongside the coast and over the hills, respectively.

The IMD stated the heatwave spell throughout Telangana, Rayalaseema, north inside Karnataka, Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Marathwada, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and western Rajasthan will persist until April 20. That is the season’s first widespread heatwave to have an effect on the nation. Through the subsequent few days, sizzling and humid situations will prevail over these areas with day temperatures anticipated to stay 4 to five levels Celsius above regular, the MeT division stated.

Over the past two days, many areas alongside the central India area have recorded excessive temperatures. Akola in Maharashtra recorded 43.8 levels Celsius on Monday. To date, April has not seen vital pre-monsoon showers over southern and southwest India areas.

At the moment, there prevails an anticyclone system over Maharashtra and adjoining Karnataka, along with two upper-air cyclonic circulations — one over Jharkhand-Gangetic West Bengal and one other over southeast Pakistan-Rajasthan.

In view of an approaching stream of western disturbance, the Met workplace stated that mild to average depth rainfall will have an effect on excessive northern India, that’s, J&Okay, Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad until April 18. Equally, Himachal Pradesh will obtain mild showers throughout April 17-19. Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds are forecast over Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on April 17 and 18.