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Informist, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026

NEW DELHI – Maximum temperatures are likely to rise gradually by 2-4 degrees Celsius over northwest India during the next seven days, the India Meteorological Department said in a release. In the past 24 hours, maximum temperatures were 25-30 degrees Celsius over parts of northwest India, including Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Across the country, the highest maximum temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius was observed at Kottayam, Kerala, IMD said. 

Over central India, including parts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, maximum temperatures are seen rising by 3-5 degrees Celsius during the next two days, with no significant change thereafter. No major temprature change is expected over the rest of the country in the coming days, it added. 

Meanwhile, isolated heavy rainfall is likely over parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala till Sunday. Similar weather conditions are also likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telagana, and adjoining areas on Monday and Tuesday. IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into many parts of southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean areas, along and off Kerala coast and Lakshadweep till Sunday, and along and off east Sri Lanka coast on Monday. End 

Reported by Afra Abubacker

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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