India Warming: 2018 Sixth Warmest Year
Recently, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said 2018 was the sixth warmest year on record, with the average temperature over India being “significantly above normal”.
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The five warmest years on record (nationwide records began in 1901) were, in order: 2016 (+0.720°C above the 1981-2010 average), 2009 (+0.560°C), 2017 (+0.550°C), 2010 (+0.540°C), 2015 (+0.420°C). The IMD said that 11 of the 15 warmest years were during the recent past fifteen years (2004-18). |
Part of Global Warming Trend
The anomalies of recent years are part of the “global warming” trend. The rate of increase of temperatures over India is ....
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