Weather Update: People are suffering due to scorching heat across the country, April was the hottest month after 123 years

Chief Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrityunjay Mohapatra said southern peninsular India recorded an average maximum temperature of 31 degrees Celsius in April. This was the second highest number after 1901. At the same time, the maximum temperature in southern peninsular India has continuously remained above normal since the 1980s. The weather department says that since 2016, Odisha witnessed the longest continuous heat wave of 16 days this April. This is the biggest event after 2016. The number of heat wave days in April reached a 15-year high in Gangetic West Bengal and a 9-year high in Odisha.

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According to the Meteorological Department, heat wave may last for about 8-11 days in May in South Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathwada and Gujarat regions. Heat wave is likely to last for 5-7 days this month in East Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, parts of Chhattisgarh, Interior Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, North Interior Karnataka and Telangana. Usually the heat wave in May lasts for about 3 days in North India, Central India and adjoining areas of Peninsular India.