Mercury rises across north; Delhi records highest maximum temperature for first week of March in 50 years

Several north Indian states have been witnessing a steady rise in mercury, with Delhi on Saturday (March 7, 2026) recording a maximum temperature of 35.7°C, the highest reading logged in the first week of the month in the past 50 years, an IMD official told PTI.

According to weather data from the past 50 years, earlier the highest maximum temperature reading during the first seven days of March at Safdarjung, the city's base weather station, was 34.8°C logged on March 5, 1999.