List of Indian heat waves

This is a list of serious heat waves in India.

Year Duration Max. temperature Deaths Ref
1956 50.6 °C (123.1 °F) [1]
1995 June 45.5 °C (113.9 °F) >350 [2]
1998 May–June 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) 2,500 [1]
2002 April–May 49 °C (120 °F) 1030
2015 May–June 49.4 °C (120.9 °F) 2500
2016 April–May 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) 160
2019 May-June 50.8 °C (123.4 °F) 184[note 1]
2022 March-June 49.2 °C (120.6 °F) 90
2023 April–June 46.2 °C (115.2 °F) 111 [3]
2024 April-June 52.9 °C (127.2 °F) 411

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.[4][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This figure is for the state of Bihar only. There were further deaths in other states

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. ^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (2023-04-17). "Maharashtra heat-stroke deaths | As toll rises to 13, Opposition MVA spars with ruling Shinde-Fadnavis government". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.