Summer to be Hotter This Year: Indian Meteorological Department

The country will face a summer “warmer than normal temperature” this year.

A person trying to relieve himself from heat. (Photo: Reuters)

The country will witness “warmer than normal temperature” this summer with heat wave like conditions likely over Central and northwest parts of India.

According to the summer forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department for April to June, the seasonal temperature would be above normal by more than one degree Celsius over Northwest India.

There is also a high probability of 76 per cent that the maximum temperatures in the core Heat Wave (HW) zone during the 2016 hot weather season to be above normal. Core HW zone covers states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana and met sub-divisions of Marathwada, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

This, in turn, suggests high probability of moderate and severe heat wave conditions in core HW zone during the hot weather season

<b>Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)</b>

IMD has also attributed the El-Nino to the above normal temperature. 2015 was the warmest year ever recorded since 1901. The country has also witnessed warm January and February, making it the warmest winter.

The strong El Nino conditions over the Pacific Ocean that started in 2015 are still continuing. However, the latest forecasts indicate that El Nino conditions are likely to weaken further and reach weaker El Nino conditions during the 2016 hot weather season.

<b>Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)</b>

The weathermen have also attributed the increasing trend of greenhouse gases due to “anthropogenic activity”.