A woman commutes through a two-wheeler placed with a hood used as a cover from heatwave on a hot summer day, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Friday, May 22, 2026. (PTI Photo)Intense heatwave conditions are expected to plague Northern and a few other parts of India for a few more days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the heatwave to prevail in central and northwest India during the next three to four days, and in east and the adjoining peninsular India during the next two to three days.It will start cooling down only from May 29 with a drop in maximum temperatures as the heatwave finally begins to ease across central and adjoining northern peninsular, east and northwest India, except a few parts of Rajasthan.Here’s the state-wise forecast of heatwave conditions in various parts of IndiaState/RegionDates on which the heatwave will prevailPunjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and DelhiMay 25-28Uttar PradeshMay 25-28RajasthanMay 25-30Madhya PradeshMay 25-29VidarbhaMay 25-29Chhattisgarh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Yanam, TelanganaMay 25-28OdishaMay 25-29JharkhandMay 25-27BiharMay 25Jammu-Kashmir, Himachal PradeshMay 26-27Apart from these, hot and humid weather conditions are expected to prevail over Saurashtra and Kutch during May 25 – 28; Konkan and Goa on May 25 and 26; Gangetic West Bengal during May 25 – 27; Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal during May 25 -29.Warm night conditions are also very likely in isolated pockets over Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana on May 25 and 26; and Vidarbha, Odisha, during May 25 to 27.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd