Nagpur records highest heatwave days in Vidarbha in last 50 years
   Date :04-Apr-2022

Nagpur records highest heatwave 
 
 
By Kaushik Bhattacharya
The ruthless summer gave an early appearance this year in Vidarbha as the month of March was the hottest in last 122 years in the country. In Vidarbha, Chandrapur recorded the highest maximum temperature on March 30 with 44.2 degrees Celsius which was hottest in the country. In March itself, Vidarbha experienced a couple of heatwave spells which is still continuing in April.
According to data provided by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on their website, Nagpur recorded the highest 246 heatwave days in Vidarbha between 1969-2019 in summer season (April to July). Whereas, Chandrapur which is infamous for its summer in Central India, is the second in the list with 179 days.
Nagpur topped the list with highest heatwave days in all four months -- April (37), May (107), June (51) and July (51) in the said 50 years. For Chandrapur, April marked 13 heatwave days, May reported 90 days of heatwave, June and July had 38 heatwave days till 2019.
Similarly, Amravati is third in the list with 169 days with heatwaves in last 50 years. Other places like Yavatmal (168), Bhandara (132), Gadchiroli (132), Wardha (111) and Buldhana (110) witnessed the heatwave days in three digits in last 50 years.
After observing the increasing trend of temperature in March this year, the weather department has predicted that April will also witness the maximum and minimum temperatures on higher side. April will experience heatwave days throughout the month.
Generally, in April, winds are dry and from westerly or northwesterly direction, become moderate to strong on a few days during afternoon hours, causing human discomfort.
In the first three days of April, Nagpur recorded the maximum temperature above 40 degrees Celsius. The temperature will increase further with series of heatwaves.
 
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In last 10 years, Nagpur recorded the highest maximum temperature of April month was in 2017. On April 19, 2017, Nagpur recorded 45.5 degrees Celsius. However, the lowest minimum temperature was 17.3 degrees Celsius which was recorded on April 14 in 2015.
These data provided by the weather department indicating that the global warming is affecting the summer season of Vidarbha and Nagpur is most vulnerable to heatwaves and high temperature.