India, March 12 -- Delhi experienced the hottest day of the season on Wednesday, with the mercury soaring to 36.8degC, 8.4 degrees above normal, and the minimum at 17.8degC, over 4 degrees above normal, according to the India Meteorological Department.

This comes amidst an unusually high temperature in March, with the maximum reaching 35.7degC last Saturday, the earliest in 15 years.

Experts reasoned that the high temperature was due to a sustained lack of weather activity in the Capital region. "There has been no clouding, resulting in strong sunshine. The impact of western disturbances was also negligible, causing the high temperature to persist," said Mahes Palawat, vice-president at Skymet Weather.

According to the IMD's forecast, ...