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On 13 January 2013, Kanpur recorded its all-time low temperature when the temperature plunged to −1.1 °C or 30.0 °F and on the same day, Agra recorded −0.7 °C or 30.7 °F. In January, in Lucknow , the temperature can plunge below freezing; Lucknow recorded 0.0 °C or 32.0 °F on 18 January 2017.
Lucknow is known for its Dasheri mangoes, which are exported to many countries. Lucknow has a total of 5.66 per cent of forest cover, the state average being around 7 per cent. [48] Native tree species are: shisham, dhak, mahuamm, babul, neem, peepal, ashok, khajur, mango and gular. [49]
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan, earlier known as Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens or popularly known as Lucknow Zoological Garden (Urdu: Lakhnaū Chiṛiyāghara), and Banaarsi Baag, is a 71.6-acre (29.0 ha) zoo located in the heart of the capital city of Uttar Pradesh named after Wajid Ali Shah - the last Nawab of Awadh.
Typical summer months are from March to June, with maximum temperatures ranging from 30–38 °C (86–100 °F). There is a low relative humidity of around 20% and dust-laden winds blow throughout the season. In summer, hot winds called loo blow all across Uttar Pradesh. [79]
Nine people died in parts of Uttar Pradesh, [11] capital Lucknow where the temperature fell to 0.1 °C (32.2 °F). Three people died due to fog related accidents in North India. [12] India's capital New Delhi witnessed minimum temperatures of 3.4 °C (38.1 °F). [13] Several schools of Noida and Delhi were closed, due to the severity of the ...
In India, the month of May is typically one of the hottest and driest. [1] In 2016, the heat came early, with 111 heat-related casualties reported by 8 April. [ 6 ] Most of the heat waves in India since 1998 are associated with droughts; [ 7 ] a major drought and worsening water shortages had affected around 330 million people by 23 May. [ 8 ]
During the Triassic period of 251–199.6 Ma, the Indian subcontinent was the part of a vast supercontinent known as Pangaea.Despite its position within a high-latitude belt at 55–75° S—latitudes now occupied by parts of the Antarctic Peninsula, as opposed to India's current position between 8 and 37° N—India likely experienced a humid temperate climate with warm and frost-free weather ...
Due to its very high temperatures (45 °C–50 °C or 115 °F–120 °F), exposure to it often leads to fatal heatstrokes. [ 1 ] Since it causes extremely low humidity and high temperatures, the Loo also has a severe drying effect on vegetation leading to widespread browning in the areas affected by it during the months of May and June.