2019 was seventh warmest year since 1901: IMD

2019 was seventh warmest year since 1901: IMD

PUNE: The year 2019 was the seventh warmest year since 1901, said Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in a statement on Climate of India 2019 issued recently.
 
According to the statement, however, 2019 was less warmer compared to the warming in India during 2016. 

The Global mean surface temperature anomaly during 2019 (January to October) was +1.10C as per World Meteorological Organization provisional statement on the state of global climate.

“The pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons with anomaly of +0.39 degrees Celsius and +0.58 degrees Celsius respectively mainly contributed to this warming. The 2019 annual rainfall over the country as a whole was 109% of its Long Period Average (LPA) value for the period 1961-2010. The monsoon season (June-September) rainfall over the country as a whole was 110% of its LPA,” said the statement.

It also stated that the seasonal rainfall during the Northeast monsoon season (October – December) over the NE Monsoon core region of the south peninsula was 109% of its LPA.
 
Also, during 2019, eight cyclonic storms formed over the Indian seas. Arabian Sea contributed five out of these eight cyclones against the normal one per year, which equals the previous record of 1902 for the highest frequency of cyclones over the Arabian Sea. This year also witnessed the development of more intense cyclones over the Arabian Sea stated IMD.

Loss of life due to extreme events
As per the statement, the country also experienced other high impact weather events like, extremely heavy rainfall, heat and cold waves, snow fall, thunderstorm, dust storm, lightning, floods etc which led to loss of life. 

Bihar was the most adversely affected state. 

Overall, heavy rain and flood-related incidents reportedly claimed over 850 lives from different parts of the country. Of these, 306 lives were reported from Bihar alone,136 from Maharashtra, 107 from Uttar Pradesh, 88 from Kerala, 80 from Rajasthan and 43 from Karnataka.

Heat wave conditions which prevailed over the northeastern and central parts of the country during the period of March to June claimed about 350 lives. Of these, 293 lives were reported from Bihar alone during June and 44 lives were reported from Maharashtra. 

Lightning and thunderstorm reportedly claimed over 380 lives from central, northeastern, northwestern and peninsular parts of the country during pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon seasons.

Also, snowfall and avalanche-related incidents claimed 33 lives from Jammu and Kashmir and 18 from Leh. Cold wave claimed 28 lives from different parts of Uttar Pradesh during the last week of December, stated the report.

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