Near normal summer expected this year - Statement by Dr Ajit Tyagi, IMD - PIB release

 Temperature may go beyond 45 degrees in certain pockets, but number of such days will be very less. Certain pockets in northern India will have 1 to 2 degree high temperature than normal at times and eastern India will remain cooler. The peninsular region and central India will be near normal.

Inaugurating a roundtable conference with hindi print and electronic media reporters, editors and producers on ‘Weather Systems during the Summer Season’, Dr Ajit Tyagi, Director General, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, “As far as temperature over the country during this summer are concerned, during the month of April, the temperature will be 1 to 2 degree centigrade above normal. This will prevail in northern parts of the country. The normal temperature during April in north India is 38 to 40 degree. In eastern parts, the temperature will be cooler by 1 to 2 degree centigrade than normal where in certain pockets it will get cooler by 3 to 4 degrees. Over peninsula and central parts of the country, the temperature will be near normal. This is based on the global models which are giving predictions for the month of March, April and May.”

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