India, Sept. 29 -- Largely because this has been a rainy year, India experienced a relatively cool summer this year. While heat waves were indeed reported, they were confined enough that upward deviation from usual temperatures was not prolonged. This has finally changed in the past week, HT's analysis of the gridded data of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) shows. India's average maximum temperature was warmer than normal for a full week for the first time since July 25; and the upward deviation was more than 0.2degC for more than five days for the first time since June 14. The reason? The opposite of what kept daytime temperatures lower than usual earlier: an early withdrawal of the monsoon from some parts and the unusually dry ...