After experiencing its hottest March on record, India is once again facing a heat wave that will continue until the end of the week, with extreme temperatures from the northwest of the country to Pakistan.
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March 2022 was indeed the hottest month recorded since records began. weather report, i.e. for 122 years. The average temperature recorded at the national level over the month rose to 33.1°C, beating the 32.7°C of March 2021. These extremely hot conditions, with peaks over 40°C regularly observed, associated to a 72% rainfall deficit in March, favored the development offires early and exploded the price of corn. April continues in the same vein, with eight days already with temperatures above 40°C since the beginning of the month. Sunday, April 24, the indian meteorological service again recorded a temperature of 44°C in Banda (Uttar Pradesh) and 42.7°C in Barmer (Rajasthan).
Since the beginning of April, strong heat from the African desert to the Tibetan plateau & Central Asian plain.
The heat wave has come on #India#Pakistan will lead to temperatures >45°C when the monsoon has not started but humidity is already increasing.
➡ Difficult body tolerance! pic.twitter.com/X0VoUAsT1Y— Christophe Cassou (@cassouman40) April 23, 2022
40 to 49°C expected this week
In connection with a powerful anticyclone trapping a heat dome over the country all week, temperatures will rise again over the next five days: in Delhi, the mercury should rise to 44°C, while the average for the month is generally 37°C. The states of Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Gujarat will also be affected by temperatures above 40°C, i.e. temperatures 5 to 9°C above seasonal averages. In the extreme northwest of India, as well as on the side of Pakistanextreme heat spikes of 47°C or even 49°C are also possible.
When the earth just becomes uninhabitable… Pakistanis and Indians face a deadly heat wave in the coming days with temperatures up to 49°C.
Again a health/agriculture/electricity production triptych hidden behind this new crisis. pic.twitter.com/wI7BXPL4Yk— Haziza Emma (@HazizaEmma) April 24, 2022
India is one of the countries in the world where the frequency of heat waves has increased the most in 40 years: the indian meteorological service counted 413 days with temperatures above 40°C between 1981 and 1990, and 600 days between 2011 and 2020.
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