India to get heat waves this year after hottest February on record

India is likely to experience heat waves between March and May, especially in the key wheat producing central and northern states, the weather office said on Tuesday, as the country recorded its highest ever maximum temperature in February.

"Wheat crop has already been witnessing stress due to higher temperature. Warmer March would definitely lead to yield loss," said a Mumbai-based dealer with a global trade house.

A heat wave curtailed India's wheat production in 2022 and forced the world's second largest producer toAverage maximum temperature in February was 29.54 degrees Celsius, the highest since 1901, when the IMD started keeping weather records.Government officialslast year that the South Asian country could see more frequent heat waves in future and that average temperatures, even during the monsoon season, have been rising over the last two decades.

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