In 2024 the hottest year in India since 1901

The hottest year since 1901 lived in 2024 or , the country’s weather services announced on New Year’s Day (01.01.2025). At the same time that India melted in 2024, suffocating temperatures are recorded as part of a global trend of extreme weather phenomena caused by climate change. CORVERSE “The 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded since 1901,” said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the Weather Service of India, at a press conference on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. “The average annual air temperature on the ground surface in India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees above the long-term average of 1991 – 2020”, he completed. India lived in 2024 the largest heat wave ever recorded, with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius. An episode of heat in May in New Delhi resulted in mercury rising to record levels in the capital equalizing the 49.2 degrees Celsius recorded in 2022.