: April was India’s third-hottest month since 1901 #IndiaNEWS India witnessed the third-hottest April in 122 years, the India Meteorological Department said in its monthly weather and climate summary

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April was India’s third-hottest month since 1901 #IndiaNEWS
India witnessed the third-hottest April in 122 years, the India Meteorological Department said in its monthly weather and climate summary on Monday. March had turned out to be the hottest month in 122 years since the India Meteorological Department started maintaining records.Frequent heatwaves scorched northwest and central India with temperatures reaching up to 47 degrees Celsius in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra and Prayagraj in April. Temperatures in west Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha region in Maharashtra also went over 45 degrees Celsius.For the plains, a heatwave is declared when the maximum temperature goes up to 40 degrees Celsius or more and is at least 4.5 degrees above normal. A severe heatwave is when the normal temperature is 6.5 degrees Celsius more than the normal.The average maximum temperature recorded in the country for April was 35.30 degrees Celsius, which is 1.36 degrees Celsius higher than normal. The average maximum temperature for April in 122 years was recorded in 2010. The temperature had then risen to 35.42 degrees Celsius.The average maximum temperature in April this year for North West and Central India was the highest in 122 years.Nights were also warmer in April in the country. The monthly average minimum temperature was 23.51 degrees Celsius, a drop of 1.36 degrees Celsius from normal.Lack of rain and...Read more

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