India is again struggling with the dangerous waves of wool, especially across its northern, northwest and central regions, and brought a relief to the early monsoon. Temperatures are, among other things, over 40 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Panjab, Delhi and Haryan.
Although India is not a foreign extreme heat, warmer nights – an insidious climate formula – cause years to engage.
A recent study of the Energy, Environment and Water Council (CEEW), a political think tank, found that not only India is experiencing warmer nights, but night temperatures rise faster than daily heat, creating conditions that prevent the recovery of the human body from everyday heat stress.
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Ceew analysis, shared exclusively with mint, shows that more than a third of Indian districts had five or more “very warm nights” in 2012–2022 in 2012-2022 in 2012–2022. Approximately 10% of these districts have seen 10 days of very warm nights over the decades to 2022. CEEW defines “very warm nights” as a period when minimum and maximum temperatures exceeded what was usually observed 95% of the time in 1982-2011.
In addition, “very warm nights” exceeded “very hot days” in about 26 years of the 1982-2022 period, the longest lane witnessed between 2005 and 2018. Although since 2019 there were more “very hot days” than “very hot nights”, both of their figures are now significantly higher. The years witnessed by El Nina, a climatic phenomenon that causes fewer precipitation, recorded an increase in the number of very hot days and very warm nights, but the impact was more pronounced on very warm nights.
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Region-Wise, districts in eight countries-Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana-selonged every summer in 2012 and 2022 in 1982-2011 dealt with more than 10 very warm nights.
In February 2025, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) included “Night temperature above normal” for the first time in their daily editions, for the first time, Down to the ground reported. The meteorological agency regularly includes updates in warm night conditions in their daily editions, emphasizing the seriousness of the problem.
The formula of extreme heat during the days – with little or no relief during nights – brings serious health risks. “Warmer nights prevent the cooling of the human body after intense daily heat. This significantly increases health risks such as thermal strokes and worsens non -transferable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension,” Ceew said last month.
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Warmer nights are observed in countries like the United Kingdom and the US. According to an article published in ConversationWarm nights have doubled in the UK in 50 years. Similarly analysis of 247 major American cities from Climate Central They found that they are currently experiencing about 27 warmer than normal days compared to the 70s.
These trends are in accordance with the risks of climate change around the world, with temperatures rise every year and thermal conditions persist longer than before. With the expectation of global temperatures, which will hit a record 1.55 ° C above the pre-industrial levels (1850-1900)-Konditions are likely to deteriorate in 2024.
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