10th March 2026...Evening Post

Mumbai Santacruz touches 40.0°c (+7.6°) today ! But 19th Hottest in India. 

No panic situation....not unusual...reason 👇

1. As Mumbai saw a Low of 21.6°c, making aMax/Min range of 18.4°c...and getting the day's average feel temperature of 30.3°c.

2. There have been several previous March touching 40°...The earliest 40°was on 3rd March 1981, then on 16th in 2007, on the 7th in 2013,  26th in 2015, 26th in 2018, 2019 and 28th in 2021. 

The reason for this year's 8 day hot spell is the "Anti Cyclone" or High Pressure over North Gujarat. This system delayed the onset of the sea breeze over Mumbai. 

We see a Trough in Central India off setting the High Pressure and advancing NW winds over Mumbai by Friday 13th March. Days will stabilise in Mumbai to around 35°c from the 13th March. 

Jalgaon Range:Max.40.3° [< 25 °>]  Min. 15.3°

Compiled by Vag. Abhijit 

Gujarat Heat Wave ( reason given above)

 Top 11 hottest places in India from Gujarat. 

9th March 

Today's temperature 🌡 🔥🔥 Gujarat 

RAJKOT 41.6°

KANDLA 41.4°

AHEMDABAD 41.2°

DISA 41.1°

GANDHINAGAR 40.6°

SURAT 40.6°

AMRELI 40.5°

Compiled by Vag. Sailesh Timbadiya.

The top 8 hottest in India today are from Gujarat 

VADODARA 40.4°

BHUJ 40.4°

Maharashtra Hottest : Akola 40.4°

Mumbai Scruz 38.4°

Mumbai Colaba: 35.9°

Jalgaon: High 39.4°:Low 15.2°    {D/N Range:24.4°}

Pune : 37.7°

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DELHI NCR Feels unusual early March Heat.

Delhi/NCR is witnessing an unusual surge in day temperatures, with the mercury crossing 35°C for three consecutive days.

Safdarjung  recorded 35.7°C on March 7, about 7°C above normal, (marking the first time in 15 years that Delhi crossed 35°C in the first week of March).

On March 8, the temperature again touched 35.6°C. Lodi Road station reported 35.8°C, while the Ridge observatory peaked at a scorching 38.9°C, nearly 9°C above average.

March 9th recorded 35.3 °C.

Temperatures may remain well above normal for the next four days.

INTERIOR KONKAN,NORTHWEST,CENTRAL INDIA HEAT UP.

 8th March:

Konkan: Very Hot Interior, Cooler Coastal Stations

Temperatures are soaring across the hinterland, while coastal Konkan has largely escaped the worst, as the peak  before the sea winds moderated conditions. 

Konkan Maximum Temperatures on 8-3-2026 🌡️

Interior stations were 5–7°C above normal, highlighting the severe dry "loo-type" heatwave conditions across the interior.

Interior AWS readings

Bhatsanagar 43 🔥

Birwadi 42.8

Karjat 42.7

Palava 42.6

Vikramgad 42.5

Chiplun 42.4

Vaibhavwadi 42.3

Mumbra 42.2

Chauk, Morbe 42.1

Badlapur & Ambernath 42

Kalyan 41.9

Dombivli 41.8

Digha 41.7

Taloja & Kharghar 41.5

Kalwa 41.4

Panvel 41.3

Mulund, (E. Mumbai) 41.2

Thane 41.1

Koparkhairane & Manor 41

Airoli 40.8

NaviMumbai Airport 40.7

Nerul 40

Palghar 39.6

Vashi 39.4

Virar 39

Deonar, (SE.Mumbai) 38.6

Dapoli 38.1

Uttan 36.4

Reason:

Meanwhile coastal Kokan temperatures remained mostly near normal (0-5km from sea shore), with some places only 2–4°C above normal today due to maritime influence 🌊

Mumbai SCZ 35.8°C IMD

Dahanu 34.3

Ratnagiri 34.2 IMD

Dadar 33.7

Colaba 33.6 IMD

Juhu 33.5

Devgad 33

Vengurla 32 IMD

Classic Konkan micro-climate contrast —scorching interior vs relatively cooler coast.

Compiled by Vag.Abhjit.

 6th March

IMD records the first 40° of 2026 Summer... 6th March 2026...and that also 7 cities!

For more on the first 40° of the previous year's, see our Vagaries Extreme Blog.. 40° page. 

Mumbai/Pune/Vidharbh /Marathwada moderate Heat Wave Alert

Meanwhile, Mumbai sobers down to 34.6°at Scruz and 32.2°at Colaba. 

But, Expected to remain between 35/36° 7th Saturday thru 11th Wednesday... Sea breeze will be delayed, allowing warm NE winds to prevail till afternoon. 

Pune:Weekend and Monday thru Thursday will be hot at 37/38°. Consolation : On Friday Day/Night diurnal variation was 21.4°. Next 4 days too Nights will be around 16/17°.

Kashmir feels the heat too

Srinagar: 24.5c, 11.5c above normal

    Gulmarg: 16.6c, 13.1c above normal

Jammu: 31.8c, 7.5c above normal

Katra: 31.8c, 9.9c above normal

    Batote: 27.2c, 12.6c above normal

           Bhaderwah: 25.8c, 9.5c above normal

       Kupwara: 23.8c, 11.3c above normal

      Kukernag: 23.9c, 12.7c above normal

Compiled by Vag. Vineet

5th March:

All India

Kashmir not Spared: Srinagar: 24.7c, 11.7c above normal

Gulmarg: 17.2c, 13.7c above normal 

Jammu: 32.4, 8.1c above normal

Compiled by Vag Vineet

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Heatwave conditions grip many parts of North Konkan for the second consecutive day. 🌡️

Maximum temperatures on 05-03-2026:

Mumbai & Around

Juhu 38.3°C

Manor 38.4.                   

Dapoli 38.5.                               

Vashi 38.6

Uttan 38.7

Mumbai SCZ 38.9

Thane & Dadar 39

Airoli & Digha 39.2

Nerul 39.3

Kalwa 39.4

Virar 39.5

Palghar 39.6

NaviMumbai Airport 39.7

Koparkhairane 39.7

Panvel 39.8

Badlapur & Taloja 39.9

Kalyan-Dombivli 40

Kharghar 40.2

Morbe & Mumbra 40.3

Sawarde 40.5

Vikramgad 40.7

Chiplun 40.8

Palava & Karjat 41

Bhatsanagar 41.5

Birwadi 42.1 🔥

 Compiled by Vag. Abhijit Modak

Maharashtra Temperatures on 5th ..( IMD)

 4th March... Post

Continuing with the previous post below... The expected hot 4th Wednesday has occurred in Mumbai 👇

Mumbai maximum temperatures on 04-03-2026:

Colaba 35.7°C 🌊

Borivali: 38.2

Dadar: 38.8

Deonar: 39.6

Kanjurmarg: 39.8

Mulund: 39.9 🔥

Rest of Interior Konkan.. Maximum temperatures on 04-03-2026:👇

Heatwave conditions grip many parts of North Kokan. 🌡️

Maximum temperatures on 04-03-2026:

Dapoli 38.1°C

Vashi & Mumbai 38.7

Uttan 39

Airoli & Virar 39.5

Nerul 39.6

Palghar & NaviMumbai Airport 39.7

Badlapur 39.8

Thane & Koparkhairane 39.9

Taloja & Sawarde 40

Digha & Kalwa 40.1

Chiplun 40.3

Dombivli & Panvel 40.4

Kalyan & Kharghar 40.5

Morbe & Manor 40.7

Mumbra 41

Karjat 41.2

Palava 41.4

Bhatsanagar 41.6

Birwadi 41.8

Vikramgad 42 🔥

Heatwave conditions grip many parts of North Kokan. 🌡️

All Mumbai and Interior Temperatures compiled by Vag. Abhijit Modak. 

Meanwhile, Several AWS Stations in Interior have touched the first 40°C

All India soon approaching the first IMD official 40°...Today's List 👇

 1st March...Post

Day temperatures will rise by 1/2° next 2 days ( 2nd/3rd Mar)in all Maharashtra and parts of Saurashtra. 

Day and Night temperatures are likely to rise by 3/4° on 4th March.

Mumbai will be 33/35° on 2nd/3rd. Heat Alert for 4th/5th ! rising  to a hot 37° on 4th...AQI around 170/180.

Karjat, Panvel in interior could touch 39/40° on 4th.

Pune/Jalgaon/Sambhajinagar warming up to 34/35° next week.