List of Indian heat waves

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This is a list of serious heat waves in India.

Year Duration Max. temperature Deaths Ref
50.6 °C (123.1 °F) [1]
June 45.5 °C (113.9 °F) >350 [2]
May–June 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) 2,500 [1]
2002 April–May 49 °C (120 °F) 1,030
2015 May–June 49.4 °C (120.9 °F) 2,500
2016 April–May 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) 1,600
2019 May-June 50.8 °C (123.4 °F) 184

Difficulties in estimation[]

Recent computerization of healthcare and adoption of diagnostic codes like ICD-10 makes tracking of causality during estimation harder, resulting in underestimations, despite more complete data being available upon diagnosis.[3][4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Heat wave is scorching India", Daily News (Kingsport), 12–14 June 1998.
  2. ^ "India would welcome monsoon to halt deadly temperatures", The Item (Sumter), 17 June 1995.
  3. ^ Mazdiyasni, Omid; AghaKouchak, Amir; Davis, Steven J.; Madadgar, Shahrbanou; Mehran, Ali; Ragno, Elisa; Sadegh, Mojtaba; Sengupta, Ashmita; Ghosh, Subimal; Dhanya, C. T.; Niknejad, Mohsen (June 2017). "Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves". Science Advances. 3 (6): e1700066. Bibcode:2017SciA....3E0066M. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700066. PMC 5462497. PMID 28630921.
  4. ^ Azhar, Gulrez Shah; Mavalankar, Dileep; Nori-Sarma, Amruta; Rajiva, Ajit; Dutta, Priya; Jaiswal, Anjali; Sheffield, Perry; Knowlton, Kim; Hess, Jeremy J.; Akiba, Suminori (14 March 2014). "Heat-Related Mortality in India: Excess All-Cause Mortality Associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad Heat Wave". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e91831. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...991831A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091831. PMC 3954798. PMID 24633076.
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