import pandas as pd import numpy as np df = pd.read_csv("Temperature.txt", sep = ",", header = None, names = ["Date", "Temperature"]) df.sort_values(by = ["Date"], inplace = True) df["Match"] = (df.Temperature > df.Temperature.shift()) nIndxArr = np.where(df["Match"] == True) arrData = df["Date"].iloc[nIndxArr] print (np.stack(arrData).astype(str))