Delhi climate: Persevering with the sample of unusually heat months in recent times, November 2024 has been declared the warmest November prior to now 5 years. The India Meteorological Division (IMD) said that each day and evening temperatures reached new highs which has triggered a delay within the seasonal dip beneath 10 levels Celsius. The edge was final delayed to this extent in 2019, when it occurred on December 1. This 12 months, the typical minimal temperature for November has been recorded at 14.9 levels Celsius. That is practically 2 levels Celsius increased than the long-period common (LPA) of 13 levels Celsius, signalling a marked deviation from the norm.
Equally, the typical most temperature stood at 29.5 levels Celsius, 1.1 notch above the LPA, marking this because the warmest November since 2019. The sharp decline in minimal temperature started on November 25, when it stood at 14 levels Celsius and dropped steadily because of strengthened chilly northwesterly winds and clear nighttime skies. The temperature fell to 11.9 levels Celsius on November 26, 10.4 levels Celsius on November 27 and 10.1 levels Celsius on November 28, earlier than dipping beneath the 10-degree Celsius mark on Friday for the primary time this season.
What did IMD officers say?
Talking over the climate situations, IMD officers mentioned whereas the present chilly spell is typical for late November, the season has been characterised by total warmer-than-usual situations because of a scarcity of great rain and snowfall. A short lived rise in nighttime temperatures by 1-2 levels Celsius is anticipated over the weekend because of a western disturbance influencing northwest India, with one other dip seemingly early subsequent week as snowfall happens within the northern hills.
October warmest since 1951
In the meantime, October too had been hotter than normal, as the town recorded its warmest October this 12 months since 1951, with each days and nights recording practically 2 levels Celsius increased than regular on common. The typical month-to-month most and minimal temperatures in October had been 35.1 levels Celsius and 21.2 levels Celsius respectively, the very best since they had been 36.2 levels Celsius and 22.3 levels Celsius respectively in 1951, in response to the information.
(With PTI inputs)
ALSO READ: GRAP 4 restrictions to continue in Delhi amid rising air pollution, rules Supreme Court