India’s 51-year record was broken by wildfires, the temperature reached 47 degrees – 2024-05-02 23:52:09

Most of the areas of India have been burning in terrible fires for several weeks. In the meantime, South India has passed the second hottest April in its history. And 51 year record was broken in Northeast India. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has revealed these data.

India’s three major cities – Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai – have seen record-breaking temperatures in the last few days, the Times of India reported.

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South India as a whole has recorded an average maximum temperature of 37.2 degrees Celsius this April, which is slightly lower than the record-breaking 37.6 degrees Celsius recorded in 2016. That year broke the old record set in 1901 for average April temperatures. Bangalore has experienced the hottest April in its history this year.

And throughout the month there was extremely hot weather in eastern India. According to IMD data, the average temperature in East and Northeast India last April was the highest since 1973. However, the average night temperature during the month was the highest on record.

West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar are also burning in the heat. Last Tuesday (April 30), Kolkata recorded a maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature in April this year and the fourth highest for any month. Kolkata’s Alipore also recorded a temperature of 43 degrees Celsius on the day, which is slightly lower than the all-time high of 43.9 degrees Celsius recorded nearly a century ago. With this, only the second time the April temperature in Kolkata touched 43 degrees.

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For the first time this summer in India, the mercury touched 47 degrees Celsius last Tuesday, that too in West Bengal. Kalaikunda recorded a temperature of 47.2 degrees Celsius that day, 10.4 degrees Celsius above normal. On the same day, Baharagora area of ​​East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand recorded a temperature of 47.1 degrees Celsius.

At least three places in the region — Kalaikunda, Panagarh (West Bengal) and Balasore (Orissa) — recorded temperatures 10 degrees Celsius above normal.

The IMD said the heat wave may continue in eastern India till May 2 and for at least five more days in southern India.

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