Uttarakhand Had The Hottest March And April In Three Decades, Less Snow Even In The Hills
The scorching summer heat that has swept across most of north and northwestern India has not spared the hills either.
The temperature in March across most of India was the hottest in over a century and the hill state of Uttarakhand is no different.
According to the regional meteorological centre, the temperature in March and April were the hottest in 30 years.
Temperature 5-7 degrees above normal
The average temperatures between March 1 and April 20 have been settling at least 5-7 degrees above normal, in both the plains and hills of Uttarakhand.?
"On the basis of the data of the last 31 years, we can conclude that the months of March and April this year have been hottest, with the average temperatures settling way above normal continuously," Bikram Singh, the director to the regional meteorological centre told The Times of India.
No snow left on the mountains
It is not just the plains that are feeling the heat. In high-altitude places like Badrinath and Kedarnath, which are usually covered in snow at this time of the year, have little snow left this year.?
Snow has also been melting rapidly near the route of the Gurudwara Shri Hemkund Sahib Yatra in Chamoli.
A large amount of melting snow was seen flowing into the river.
"Snow is melting rapidly near the Gurudwara Shri Hemkund Sahib Yatra route due to extreme heat. Snow has also started melting near the Badrinath Dham," Chamoli Superintendent of Police Shweta Choubey told ANI.
This Gurudwara is one of the most revered Sikh pilgrimage sites. It is situated beside a lake and it is believed that the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh had meditated at the site.
Hottest March in 122 years
Earlier this month, the IMD had said that this year, India recorded its warmest March in 122 years with a severe heatwave scorching large swathes of the country during the month.
The weather department attributed the heat to the lack of rainfall due to the absence of active western disturbances over north India and any major system over the southern parts of the country.
In March 2022, several places like Delhi, Jammu, Dharamshala, Patiala, Kota, Gwalior, and Pune witnessed record-breaking day temperatures.?
According to the Met department, the maximum temperature recorded was 6-8 degrees Celsius above the normal temperature in many parts of Northern India like Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana-Delhi, West Rajasthan, and higher by 4-6 degrees Celsius in some parts over West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Jharkhand and at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, Saurashtra-Kutch, Vidarbha, and Gangetic West Bengal.
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