Pune Temperatures Cross 35°C for First Time in 2026
Pune, 21st February 2026: Signs of an early transition toward summer have begun appearing in Pune, where daytime temperatures climbed past 35°C for the first time this year. Monitoring stations in Koregaon Park and Lohgaon recorded the city’s highest readings so far this season on Thursday.
Data released by the India Meteorological Department showed Koregaon Park touching 35.3°C and Lohgaon 35.1°C, marking the first instance in 2026 that any local observatory crossed the 35°C threshold. Meteorologists indicated that temperatures are likely to stay above normal for the next two to three days.
Weather records show that both day and night temperatures have remained relatively high across the city over the past week. Nighttime readings in several neighbourhoods have stayed between 18°C and 21°C. At Shivajinagar, the minimum temperature on Friday was 17.5°C, about four degrees above the seasonal average, while the maximum reached 33°C, which is considered typical for this time of year.
Localities such as Koregaon Park and Lohgaon, which are more prone to the urban heat island effect, experienced comparatively warmer afternoons. Although meteorologically the summer season is considered to begin in March, many residents have already started feeling summer-like conditions in the second half of February.
The IMD said several weather systems currently active across the region are influencing conditions. A weakening low-pressure area over the equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal persists with an associated upper-air circulation expected to move west-northwest toward Sri Lanka. Another circulation over the equatorial Indian Ocean and southeast Bay of Bengal could intensify into a fresh low-pressure system within 48 hours.
A trough also extends from the equatorial Indian Ocean to the Lakshadweep region across parts of south Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Meanwhile, a western disturbance is positioned as a trough stretching from central Uttar Pradesh to north Gujarat via east Rajasthan at mid-tropospheric levels. Additional upper-air circulations are present over south Haryana and adjoining Punjab, northeast Assam and eastern Bangladesh.
Under the influence of these systems, parts of Maharashtra have experienced increased atmospheric moisture and intermittent cloud cover. Pune has also seen partly cloudy skies, a factor that can trap heat near the surface and keep temperatures elevated.
