You may face extreme heat for these 9 days. Know why Nautapa feels so intense

Key points

• As temperatures climb across several parts of India every summer, one term quickly starts trending again, Nautapa.
• The traditional phrase is used for a roughly nine-day stretch of intense heat that usually falls between late May and early June.
• It is popularly linked with the Sun entering Rohini Nakshatra, but weather experts explain that the scorching conditions are mainly caused by normal pre-monsoon summer patterns.
• Read Full Story During Nautapa, many parts of North and Central India experience extreme summer heat, dry winds and rising heatwave conditions, making it one of the hottest periods of the year.
• WHY NAUTAPA FEELS SO HOT The intense heat during Nautapa is mostly linked to seasonal weather conditions.