Pune, Mar 8 (UNI) Day temperatures were above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places over Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal; at a few places over Telangana, south interior Karnataka; at isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Kerala and Mahe. They were appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at many places over Gangetic West Bengal; at a few places over Himachal Pradesh; at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at most places over Bihar and Jharkhand; at many places over Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Punjab; at a few places over Odisha; at isolated parts over Gujarat region and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 40.1°C was reported at Anantapur (Rayalaseema) over the country.

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