A heatwave is declared when the maximum temperature is over 40 degrees Celsius and at least 4.5 notches above normal. (Express photo by Narendra Vaskar)Northwest and central India recorded the highest average maximum temperatures in April since 1900 as there would be no respite for the region in May, the weather office said on Saturday. Releasing the monthly outlook for temperature and rainfall for May, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said most parts of the country, barring parts of southern peninsular India, were likely to experience warmer nights in May.
The minimum temperature in Delhi settled at 25.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, on Sunday as the national capital continued to reel under heatwave conditions, according to IMD. The forecast shows that the maximum temperature in the national capital is expected to touch 43 degrees Celsius. The weatherman has forecast partly cloudy sky with the possibility of thunder development and heatwave conditions at isolated places.
Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions likely to continue in some parts of West Rajasthan on May 1 and gradually decreases to heatwave conditions in isolated pockets on May 2 and 3. Heatwave conditions continue in isolated pockets over West Madhya Pradesh from May 1-3, whereas in East MP, Telangana, Jammu and Vidarbha on till May 1-2. Under the influence of an east-west oriented trough across north and northeast India in lower tropospheric levels, widespread rainfall with lightning and gusty winds is very likely over northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal during next 5 days.
Large parts of India have been recording higher than normal temperatures since the last week of March. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)
The minimum temperature in Delhi settled at 25.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average, on Sunday as the national capital continued to reel under heatwave conditions, the India Meteorological Department said.
According to the IMD, the maximum temperature in the national capital is expected to touch 43 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Relative humidity was recorded at 61 per cent. The weatherman has forecast partly cloudy sky with the possibility of thunder development and heatwave conditions at isolated places.
Heatwave conditions are expected to continue over Delhi and adjacent regions for the next three days, whereas dust storm or thunderstorms are expected in isolated places over Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi between May 2 and May 4, an IMD bulletin said. (PTI)
Northwest and central India recorded the highest average maximum temperatures in April since 1900 as there would be no respite for the region in May, the weather office said on Saturday.
Releasing the monthly outlook for temperature and rainfall for May, India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said most parts of the country, barring parts of southern peninsular India, were likely to experience warmer nights in May.
With scanty rains owing to feeble western disturbances, northwest and central India experienced the hottest April in 122 years with average maximum temperature touching 35.9 degrees Celsius and 37.78 degrees Celsius respectively. The northwest region had previously recorded an average maximum temperature of 35.4 degrees Celsius in April 2010, while the previous record for the central region was 37.75 degrees Celsius in 1973.
"Most parts of northwest India - J&K, Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat - are expected to experience above normal temperatures in May," Mohapatra said. (PTI)
Rain brought relief from sweltering heat in the southern districts of West Bengal on Saturday. Moderate rains hit Kolkata and its neighbouring Howrah and North 24 Parganas districts and other parts of south Bengal in the evening. A squall passed over Kolkata from the northwest gusting up to 64 km per hour around 7:20 pm, according to news agency PTI. While 11.3 mm rainfall was recorded in Alipore observatory (south Kolkata), 27.6 mm rainfall was recorded in Dumdum (north Kolkata), a weather department spokesperson said.
The mercury touched the highest of the season in Odisha for the third successive day on Saturday, breaching 45 degrees Celsius in three towns amid a searing heatwave and fierce humidity that rippled across the state, the Met office said.
However, thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds that can reach 40-50 kmph are expected in many districts across the state over the next four days, the Met said. The temperature can decrease by around 2-3 degrees Celsius during the subsequent three days.
Twenty-one weather stations saw the maximum temperature crossing 40 degrees Celsius, and the mercury rose by 1-3 degrees Celsius in interior Odisha. (PTI)
Delhi continued to reel under a heatwave on Saturday as the maximum temperature here settled at 43.5 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season's average, the India Meteorological Department said. The IMD, however, predicted dust and thunderstorm on Monday and Wednesday which is likely to give some respite to residents from the scorching heat. "Heatwave is likely to sweep across the region on Sunday too. People are likely to get some respite from the heat as the city would witness dust or thunderstorm on Monday and Wednesday. There will be partly cloudy sky on Tuesday," IMD officials said. --PTI
Rains and thundershowers in Kolkata gave respite from scorching heat to the city residents on Saturday.
Heatwave conditions occurred at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh with many divisions recording temperatures above normal limits and Banda district sizzling at over 47 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological (MeT) department office said here on Saturday.
They warned that heatwave conditions are likely to continue in different districts of the state in the next two days, they said.
Markedly above normal day temperature (5 notches or more) was recorded in Prayagraj division; appreciably above normal ( more than 3 degrees Celsius to 5 degrees Celsius) in Varanasi, Lucknow, Agra, Jhansi, Meerut divisions, above normal (1.6 notches to 3 notches) in Ayodhya, Kanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly divisions and normal in remaining divisions over the state on Friday, they said. --PTI
The average maximum temperature over northwest and central India for the month of April this year has been the highest in the past 122 years, going by data available till April 28, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which began recording weather data in 1901.
The average maximum temperature in April over northwest India was 35.9 degrees Celsius – 3.35 degrees above the long period average, which is considered the ‘normal’. This has surpassed the previous record of 35.4 degrees Celsius recorded in April 2010. The average maximum temperature in April over central India was 37.78 degrees Celsius, higher than the average of 37.75 degrees recorded in 1973. Read more
Fewer heatwaves and below normal maximum temperatures have been forecast during May over major parts of the country.
However, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh will continue to experience heatwave to severe heatwave conditions during May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday.
'The average maximum temperature over Northwest and central India in April 2022 is the highest with 35.90 degrees Celsius and 37.78 degrees Celsius, respectively, in the last 122 years,' said Dr M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMD.
"Above normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of west-central and northwest India as well as northern parts of northeast India," said Dr M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMD.
"Normal to above normal rainfall is likely over most parts of the country except some parts of northwest and northeast India as well as extreme southeast Peninsula where it is likely to be below normal," said Dr M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMD.
Delhi has recorded the hottest April in the past 12 years, going by data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The average maximum temperature in April this year was 40.2 degrees Celsius, the highest since 2010 when the average for the month stood at 40.4 degrees Celsius. In the past 72 years, from 1951, the average maximum temperature in April has crossed 40 degrees only twice – in 2010 and now in 2022. The average in April last year was 37.3 degrees, while it was an even lower figure of 35.3 degrees in 2020, at the Safdarjung weather observatory, which provides representative data for the city. Read more
Heatwave conditions and clear skies are likely in Delhi on Saturday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast.
With the maximum temperature likely to be around 44 degrees Celsius, the IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert or ‘severe heat alert’ for Saturday. It warns of the increased likelihood of developing heat-related illness in people who are exposed to the sun for a long time. It also points to a “high health concern for vulnerable people”, including those with chronic illnesses, the elderly and infants. Avoiding exposure to heat is advised. Read more
As large parts of India and Pakistan experience scorching temperatures, the UN's specialised agency on weather has said while it is premature to attribute the extreme heat in the two countries solely to climate change, it is consistent with a changing climate, with heatwaves starting earlier than in the past.
Extreme heat is gripping large parts of India and Pakistan, impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Friday.
It said that according to The India Meteorological Department, maximum temperatures reached 43-46°C in widespread areas on April 28 and that this intense heat will continue until May 2.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department said that daytime temperatures are likely to be between 5°C and 8°C above normal in large swathes of the country.
The global body added that national meteorological and hydrological departments in both countries are working closely with health and disaster management agencies to roll out heat health action plans which have been successful in saving lives in the past few years. (PTI)
Under the influence of a western disturbance, isolated to scattered rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and gusty winds ( with a speed reaching 30-40 kmph) are very likely over the western Himalayan region during next 3 days. Isolated hailstorm is likely over Uttarakhand during from April 29 to May 1. (IMD)
Widespread rainfall with thunderstorm, and gusty winds (with a speed reaching 40-50 kmph) is very likely over Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal during the next five days.
Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh on April 30 and over Assam and Meghalaya from April 30 to May 3. Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are also likely to experience heavy rainfall on May 3. (IMD)
The current spell of heatwave is going to persist over isolated parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, West UP and East Rajasthan for the next four days, whereas over Madhya Pradesh and the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra it is likely to last for the next five days, according to IMD.
The India Meteorological Department said that some parts of West Rajasthan are expected to experience heatwave conditions on April 29 and 30 with severe heatwave conditions on May. The temperatures will gradually decrease in isolated pockets on May 2.