New Delhi: 2021 was the fifth late year in India since 1901, with a country that recorded an annual average air temperature at 0.44 degrees Celsius above normal, the Indian Meteorology Department said on Friday.
The country also reported 1,750 deaths from extreme weather events such as floods, storms of cyclone, heavy rain, landslides, lightning, among others, he said.
“In 2021 was the warmest year of fifth after 2016, 2009, 2017 and 2010 since 1901.
The average annual air temperature for the country was recorded at 0.44 degrees Celsius above normal,” the annual climate statement of the meeting department, 2021 stated.
“Warm temperatures during winter and post-monsoons mainly contribute to this,” he said in 2016, the average annual air temperature for the country was 0.710 degrees Celsius above normal.
It was 0.550 degrees Celsius and 0.541 degrees Celsius above the average temperature in 2009 and 2017.
In 2010, the average annual air temperature stood 0.539 degrees Celsius above normal, he said.
The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) said that Lightning and Lightning storms were reported to claim 787 lives in India in 2021, while 759 people died in heavy rainfall and incidents related to the flood of the year, he said.
Storm Cyclone claims 172 lives and 32 others died because of other extreme weather events, the statement added.