The country is set to experience a warmer than usual March, with an increased likelihood of heatwave days, as the country enters the summer season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Friday.

News agency PTI reported, while addressing a virtual press conference, D Sivandanda Pai, a senior weather scientist at IMD, stated that the monthly maximum temperatures for March are expected to be above normal for most parts of the country, except for the southernmost regions of Peninsular India.