Certain North Indian states continued to witness heat wave conditions. Maximum temperatures were 40-42 degrees Celsius in parts of West Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, as per Indian Meteorological Department data for June 22. Heat wave conditions persisted on Friday in south Uttar Pradesh. While the rainfall deficit has narrowed across the country, northern India still faces huge deficits compared to other parts.
“No significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over Northwest India during next 2 days and rise by 3-4°C thereafter, IMD said Saturday.
Rajasthan, UP, Uttarakhand and Bihar faced energy shortages, according to data released on Saturday.
A Moneycontrol analysis of data by IMD shows that heat wave days faced by north Indian states increased further in the third week of June compared with the previous week, with some of the sub-divisions like Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh experiencing 7 heat wave days between June 13 and June 19.
A heat wave is described when maximum temperatures reach over 40 degrees Celsius in plains and over 30 degrees Celsius in hilly regions and are 4.5 to 6.4 degrees Celsius above normal for two consecutive days at two stations.
Meanwhile, the monsoon tracker indicates that north Indian states are yet to receive normal rainfall, as most states in the region are staring at rainfall deficits of over 50%. In Delhi, rainfall deficit narrowed to 55% below the long-term average of 30 years.
This is also impacting reservoir levels across the country. India’s average reservoir levels are down 9% compared with the previous year.
Power data indicates India faced energy shortage of 6.6 million units on June 21.
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