NEW DELHI, May 1 (NNN-PTI) – India Meteorological Department (IMD), yesterday said, north-west and central India recorded the highest temperatures for the month of Apr in 122 years.
According to the IMD, the average maximum temperature in Apr was recorded to be the highest-ever at 37.78 degrees Celsius for central India, while it stood at 35.9 degrees for north-west India, nearly 3.35 degrees above normal. The all-India temperature was the fourth-highest at 35.05 degrees Celsius since 1901.
“If you look at the maximum temperatures recorded in north-west and central India, it was the highest in 122 years,” IMD Director General, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, told a press conference.
Mohapatra said, north-west and west central parts of the country, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, will continue to experience above-normal temperatures in May.
Giving the forecast for the month of May, the IMD said that, people will not only have to bear hot days, but nights are also likely to be warmer than usual.
According to Mohapatra, the average rainfall in May, 2022, is most likely to be above normal.
The IMD chief attributed the high temperatures in Mar and Apr to “continuously scanty rainfall.”
India has normally experienced the hottest days in March in the past 122 years.– NNN-PTI
