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According to the latest bulletin of India Meteorological Department (IMD) (released at 1330 hrs IST), India will see a complete reversal in the weather on March 12, 2026.

**Relief in northern areas with rain and snowfall**: Due to a western disturbance, there has been rain and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the second day. In Ladakh, higher reaches like Zojila, Dras and Panikhar-Zanskar received heavy snowfall. In the Kashmir Valley, Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of around 12.5°C, while areas like Kupwara (earlier reported 6.4 mm), Baramulla and Pahalgam received isolated rainfall. This has happened after a significant lack of rain in winter. The weather will remain bad till March 19, and it is likely to remain dry for a short period on March 13-14. A new Western Disturbance is likely to affect northwest India from March 14, causing light rain/thundershowers over Punjab, Haryana and Delhi on March 14-16.

**Western and Central Heat Surge**: Severe heatwave conditions persist in parts of Gujarat (Saurashtra and Kutch, Gujarat region), while isolated areas of Vidarbha (Maharashtra). Maximum temperatures reached 38-42 degrees Celsius at many places in Gujarat, West Rajasthan, Vidarbha; The maximum temperature recorded at some places in Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, Chhattisgarh and Odisha was 42.4 degrees Celsius (maximum temperature yesterday). Nandurbar (Central Maharashtra) recorded the country’s highest temperature of 42.4 degrees Celsius (highest temperature yesterday). The IMD issued an orange alert for heatwave to severe heatwave over Gujarat and adjoining south-west Madhya Pradesh on March 12-13, after which it will subside. No significant change is expected in the maximum temperature of Maharashtra for the next 3 days. There is a possibility of heavy rain/lightning in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh till March 17. South India will remain stable—Bengaluru will have clear weather (19-32°C), Hyderabad/Chennai will have warm weather with partly cloudy sky.

This warmth in early March—well above normal in the west/northwest—signals an early onset of heat, while the northern hills will get a reprieve. Stay updated through mausam.imd.gov.in.