NEW DELHI: The 12 months 2024 was the warmest on file in India since 1901, with the common minimal temperature settling 0.90 levels Celsius above the long-period common. The annual imply land floor air temperature throughout India in 2024 was 0.65 levels Celsius above the long-term common (1991-2020 interval), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director basic of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), stated at a digital press briefing.
The 12 months 2024 now ranks because the warmest 12 months on file since 1901, surpassing 2016, which had recorded a imply land floor air temperature 0.54 levels Celsius above regular.
According to the European local weather company Copernicus, 2024 seemingly ended because the warmest 12 months on file and the primary 12 months with a world common temperature 1.5 levels Celsius above pre-industrial ranges.
A yearly overview report by two teams of local weather scientists — World Weather Attribution and Climate Central — stated that the world skilled a mean of 41 extra days of harmful warmth in 2024.
