Image Source : PTI 2020 was eighth warmest 12 months since 1901: IMD
The 12 months 2020 was the eight warmest since 1901 but it surely was “substantially lower” than the very best warming noticed in 2016, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated on Monday.
“During the 12 months, annual imply land floor air temperature averaged over the nation was 0.29 diploma Celsius above regular (based mostly on the info of 1981-2010),” the IMD stated in a press release on Climate of India throughout 2020.
“The 12 months 2020 was the eighth warmest 12 months on file since nation-wide data commenced in 1901. However, that is considerably decrease than the very best warming noticed over India throughout 2016 (+0.71 diploma Celsius),” it stated.
The 5 warmest years on file so as had been: 2016 (+ 0.71 diploma C), 2009 (+0.55 diploma C), 2017 (+0.541 diploma C), 2010 (+0.539 levels C), and 2015 (+0.42 diploma C).
Twelve out of the 15 warmest years since 1901 had been over the past 15 years — between 2006 and 2020, based on the IMD knowledge.
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