Bitter support to avoid cold
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the month of February will be hot and dry than normal. People will get relief from cold, but in this month, the chances of rain in most parts of the country are very low. The IAD said on Friday that after being hot and dry of January, most parts of India are expected to receive higher temperatures and less than normal rainfall in February.
Between 1971 and 2020, the country receives an average of 22.7 mm of rain in the month of February. However, this time the rain may decrease by 81 percent. IMD Director General Mrityunjay Mahapatra said that most parts of the country are expected to receive less than normal rainfall except some areas of west-central, peninsular and northwest India.
Very low rain in January
Mahapatra said, “Except for parts of northwest and peninsular India, most areas are expected to exceed normal temperatures in February. Similarly, maximum temperatures are common in most areas except parts of west-central and peninsular India. There is a possibility of exceeding. ” He said that India received an average of 4. 5 mm rainfall in January, which is the fourth lowest since 1901 and the third lowest rainfall since 2001. The country’s average temperature in January was 18.98 degrees Celsius, the third highest temperature of this month since 1901, the highest since 1958 and 1990.
There was scorching heat in October also
India also recorded its hottest October since 1901, with a monthly average temperature of about 1.2 degrees Celsius above normal. The month of November was also the third hottest month in 123 years. The month of November was hot in 1979 and 2023. Earlier, IMD had predicted that the rains in North India between January and March would be lower than normal, which would be less than 86 percent of LPA 184. 3 mm. Northern and northwest states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh cultivate Rabi crops like wheat, peas, gram and barley in winter (October to December) and summer (April to June) I harvest them. Winter rainfall mainly caused by western disturbance is important for the growth of these crops. (Input-PTI)
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