Mercury is on the rise in the city with the maximum temperature likely to stay 3-6 degrees Celsius above normal over the next three days, IMD said on Saturday. February has remained unusually warm this year, with the daytime temperature touching a high of 32.5 degrees on February 20. The city's all-time highest maximum in the month was 33.5 degrees Celsius on February 17, 1993, as per IMD data.