The India Meteorological Department on Wednesday predicted of heatwave days in northwestern India during the summer, ANI reported.

This, however, does not mean that all summer days in the region will have above-normal temperatures, the department said.

“In northwest India, generally, it [heatwave] is for 5-6 days, so we are , but this is a seasonal fact,” ANI quoted the weather department scientist Soma Sen Roy as saying. “It does not mean that throughout the season all the days will be above normal...”

At the national level, the weather agency calculates the total heatwave days as a culmination of such weather conditions in all 36 meteorological sub-divisions. For instance, a heatwave day, when experienced in five sub-divisions, is counted as five heatwave days.

On Wednesday, the maximum temperature 40.5 degrees Celsius, said the India meteorological agency.

By 5.30 pm, the temperature had crossed the 40 degrees Celsius mark in Akola and Chandrapur towns of Maharashtra. Pune of the season so far with the temperature reaching 41.4 degrees Celsius, which is about 4.7 degrees above normal, The Times of India reported citing IMD data.

The temperature had also reached the 40 degrees Celsius mark in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh and Shivpuri, Damoh and Guna, among other areas of Madhya...