How climate change is altering Indian monsoon
monsoon season in India so far has been marred by extreme weather events, from humid heat waves to cyclones to torrential rains.
Scientists blame climate change. They say it has been altering the monsoon patterns along with weakening its circulations.
As a result, the country has witnessed record-breaking extreme weather events in June and July.
With monsoon recently concluded its halfway journey, the quantum of torrential rains multiplied across the country in July with 1,113 stations reporting very heavy rainfall events, while 205 stations witnessed extremely heavy rainfall.
With this, July saw the highest heavy and extreme rain events in the last five years, says a data compiled by Climate Trends.
In June, 377 stations reported very heavy rain events, the highest in the last five years. Sixty-two stations recorded extremely heavy rains, which was the second highest since 2019.
However, the impact of climate change was more visible, higher than ever before, say climate experts.
They say it would not be wrong to say that extreme weather conditions have governed the southwest monsoon season so far.
Record breaking extreme weather events ranged from humid heat waves to torrential rainy spells to cyclogenesis.
At the end of July, the cumulative countrywide rainfall was surplus by five per cent, with 467 mm of rain against the normal of 445.8 mm between June 1 and July 31.
Heatwaves during the monsoon season are quite rare in India. With delayed monsoon arrival in eastern parts of the country, an unusual spell of heatwave wreaked havoc across the region.
According to Climate Central, an independent group of scientists, a three-day extreme heat event over Uttar Pradesh from June 14-16 was made at least two times more likely
