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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a list of serious heat waves in India. Year Duration Max. temperature Deaths Ref 1956:
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 ...
September 2023 was the most anomalously warm month, averaging 1.75 °C (3.15 °F) above the preindustrial average for September. [22] The Copernicus Programme (begun 1940) had recorded 13 August 2016, as the hottest global temperature, but by July 2024, that date had been downgraded to the fourth hottest. [23]
Scientists have compared this year’s weather extremes to “a disaster movie,” and new data is now revealing just how exceptional the global heat has been. Humanity just lived through the ...
Since May 2024, a severe and long heat wave has impacted India. [1] The heat wave occurred during the Indian dry season, which typically lasts from March to July with peak temperatures in April and May. Rajasthan's Churu recorded 50.5 °C (122.9 °F), which was the highest temperature in India in eight years. [2]
The chart below shows the maximum recorded rainfall in individual stations (observatories) in the state, for all months, with place and date. Month Highest Recorded 24 hrs Rainfall (mm)
While India is no stranger to heat, the past month has been more extreme than most, and experts say that two areas of India have just experienced their hottest April ever. The Director General of ...
The planet’s 10 hottest years since 1850 have all occurred in the past decade, according to NOAA. The new record comes as little surprise after a year beset by extremes.