IMD Declares 2022 As The Fifth Warmest Year In India Since 1901
Since 1901, when India started keeping weather records, the India Meteorological Department said that 2022 stands as the fifth warmest year in the country.
The weather office said the annual mean land surface air temperature in 2022 was 0.51 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, which is the mean temperature for the 1981-2010 period.?
Highest warming observed in 2016?
However, this was lower than the highest warming observed in India in 2016, when the average temperature was 0.71 degrees Celsius.?
The all-India mean temperatures during the 2022 winter season -- January to February were normal, with an anomaly of -0.04 degrees Celsius.?
Temperatures during the pre-monsoon months (March to May) were above normal with an anomaly of 1.06 degrees Celsius, said IMD in a statement.?
2022 rainfall was 108% of average value?
In 2022, rainfall across the nation was 108 per cent of its Long Period Average value based on the 1971-2020 period.?
The year 2022 saw 15 cyclonic disturbances, three cyclonic storms and 12 depressions formed over the north Indian Ocean against the normal of 11.2 based on data from 1965-2021.?
Additionally, the weather office said that extreme weather events like hefty rainfall, floods, landslide, lightning, thunderstorm, and droughts were also experienced in various parts of the country.?
Cold waves to subside after January 6?
On January 6, the IMD predicted that cold wave and cold day conditions over northwest India might subside after 24 hours.
The weather forecasting agency predicted that in the next 24 hours, dense fog conditions will persist over many parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh.?
However, the intensity and distribution may decrease after that, it added.?
Earlier on Friday, the IMD said dense fog blanketed several parts of north India.?
It was revealed that this situation would continue in the coming weeks.?
As per the agency, the cold wave conditions will prevail over northwest India during the next 3 days, i.e. till January 6.?
The intensity will subside after that.Delhi recorded a cold wave, with the minimum temperature at Ayanagar in southwest Delhi plunging to 1.8 degrees Celsius on January 6.?
On Thursday, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of three degrees Celsius -- the lowest in January in two years -- making it cooler than several hill stations.??
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