It's going to be a very hot summer, warns IMD

April 01, 2016 10:15

The country will witness "warmer than normal temperature" this summer with heat wave like conditions likely over Central and northwest parts of India.

According to the summer forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department, the first of its kind, for April to June, the seasonal temperature would be above normal by more than one degree Celsius over Northwest India.

There is also a high probability of 76 per cent of maximum temperatures in the core Heat Wave zone during the 2016 hot weather season to be above normal.

IMD has also attributed the El-Nino to the above normal temperature. 2015 was the warmest year ever recorded since 1901. The country has also witnessed warm January and February, making it the warmest winter.

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