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After Hottest March in 122 Years, No Respite Yet for Delhi, Northwest India -Aathira Perinchery

-The Wire Science

* Northwest India is setting new records for heat. Places in this belt including Delhi witnessed the hottest March since 1901, with an average maximum temperature of 30.73º C.

* On April 2, maximum temperatures ranged between 41-42º C over India’s northwest including Rajasthan; it was 4-6º C above normal in Delhi.

* As per the India Meteorological Department, heat waves will continue over areas including south Haryana, Delhi and west Rajasthan till April 7.

Kochi: India and particularly its northwest – including the national capital – witnessed the hottest March in the last 122 years in 2022. Delhi will have no respite for the next few days either: heat wave conditions will continue over these areas till April 7. This is according to the heat wave forecast warnings put out by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on April 3.

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India witnessed a very hot March, as The Wire Science reported. The temperatures are breaking all records in northwest India, the IMD has found.

The region witnessed the hottest March in 122 years, with many places here recording high maximum and minimum temperatures during the month, said the IMD in a press release on April 2.

The average maximum temperature in this region was 30.73º C: the highest it has ever been since 1901. The earliest highest temperature in March in this region was in 2004 (at 30.67º C). March also witnessed a high average minimum temperature: 15.26º C. This is the second highest it has been in the past 122 years. Mean temperature too was second highest at 22.99º C (the highest was in 2010, when mean temperature was 23.01º C).

Unusual wind patterns and lack of rainfall could be causing these heat waves, O.P. Sreejith, head, climate monitoring and prediction group at IMD, Pune, told Hindustan Times. He added that it could be a result of global warming, too.

Such periods of unusual heat – called heat waves – can impact human health adversely. As per the IMD, a heat wave occurs when temperatures depart from normal by 4.5º to 6.4º C in a region. If temperature deviates from normal by more than 6.4º C, the region is said to be witnessing a ‘severe’ heat wave. The IMD also classifies a region as witnessing a heat wave when the maximum temperature reaches at least 40º C or more if it is located in the plains, or at 30º C or more in the hills.

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