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Chennai: Day temperatures are likely to be above normal in north northeast parts of east and west India the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its summer forecast for March to May. However it has forecast a likelihood of below normal temperatures in south and the adjoining central India. There is a high probability with more than 75 per cent of above normal temperature over Chhattisgarh and Odisha where mercury will be above normal. “Below normal seasonal maximum temperatures are likely over most of the subdivisions of south peninsula and adjoining central India” the summer forecast added. It said above normal seasonal minimum (night) temperatures are likely over most of north India along the foot hills of Himalayas northeast India western part of central India and southern part of peninsular India..