Heatwave In Northeast: Northeast India Is In Grip Of Scorching Heat, Many Records Broken

Heatwave In Northeast: Northeast India is in grip of scorching heat, and many records were broken; waiting for the rain.

These days the temperature is very high in the country, due to which it is getting very hot. Especially in Northeast India, the heat has broken many records in the month of April itself.

In these areas, where it used to rain between April and May, these days it is scorching hot. This year, there has been a significant reduction in rainfall over these areas this month.

Severe heat in Tripura.

Agartala, the capital of Tripura, recorded a maximum temperature of 38 to 39.3 degrees Celsius between April 15 and 19. Agartala recorded a maximum temperature of 41.5 °C on April 30, 1960.

Agartala should record an average daily temperature of 33.3 degrees Celsius in April, but it has recorded more than this.

Rise in temperature in Meghalaya.

Meghalaya’s capital Shillong recorded a maximum temperature of 27 degrees Celsius to 29.1 degrees Celsius.

The record for Shillong is 30.2 degree Celsius, which was recorded on April 5, 1973. Whereas, the average daily temperature for Shillong in April is only 23.4°C.

There is no respite from the heat in Manipur.

The capital of Manipur, Imphal recorded a maximum temperature of 32.8- 38 degrees Celsius.

The highest temperature recorded at Imphal was 36.1°C on 9th April 1999. The average daily maximum temperature of Imphal is only 29°C.

Heatwave in Bengal-Bihar.

Along with this, the temperature has shown its fierce form in North India as well.

According to IMD, between April 15 and April 19, the maximum temperature of Kolkata, the capital of Bengal, was between 40 degree Celsius to 41.6 degree Celsius.

Kolkata’s highest temperature in April was 42.8 °C on April 25, 1954. At the same time, the maximum temperature in Bihar has shown its fierce form to the people.

Patna recorded a maximum temperature of 41.6°C to 44.1°C between April 15 and 19. It may be known that the highest temperature of 44.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in Patna on April 29, 1980.

Increase in temperature due to less rain.

However, despite such a situation, the IMD has not spoken of a heatwave.

According to IMD Director General M Mohapatra, there is no heatwave condition in Northeast India, but the maximum temperature is very high.

Normally, Northeast India receives frequent thunderstorms during this month, so there is no rise in temperature.

But this time there is less thunderstorm activity and the ground is completely dry, leading to a rise in temperature, he added.

There is a decrease in rainfall in these states.

Explain that in the pre-monsoon season starting from March 1, there has been a rainfall deficiency of 34 percent in Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura.

At the same time, there is a 52 percent rainfall deficiency in Arunachal Pradesh and 16 percent in Assam and Meghalaya.

According to the IMD, heat wave conditions have been prevailing over Gangetic Bengal for the last nine days, Coastal Andhra Pradesh for seven days, Bihar for six days, and Odisha for four days.