The latest annual report on India’s climate by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) states that 2021 was not only the 5th warmest year since 1901, but that the last decade, 2012- 2021, was also the warmest on record. The report further says that:
- 11 of the 15 warmest years on record were between 2007 and 2021.
- The rise in average temperatures could have a cascading effect on extreme weather events, crop patterns and urban disaster management.
- In 2021, the annual mean land surface air temperature was 0.44 degree Celsius above the long period average (LPA). The LPA is based on temperatures between 1981 and 2010.
- The five warmest years on record so far are: 2016, which was 0.71 degree Celsius over the LPA, 2009 (+0.55 degree Celsius), 2017 (+0.541 degree Celsius), 2010 (+0.539 degree Celsius), and 2021 (+0.44 degree Celsius).
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