List of Indian heat waves explained

This is a list of serious heat waves in India.

YearDurationMax. temperatureDeathsRef
195650.6C
1995June45.5C >350[1]
1998May–June49.5C 2,500[2]
2002April–May49C 1030
2015May–June49.4C 2500
2016April–May51C160
2019May-June50.8C 184[3]
2022March-June49.2C 90
2023April–June46.2C111[4]
2024April-June52.9C411

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.[5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19950617&id=yDtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_K0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5707,3954685 "India would welcome monsoon to halt deadly temperatures"
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1241&dat=19980612&id=FI5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L4YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5859,2125235 "Heat wave is scorching India"
  3. This figure is for the state of Bihar only. There were further deaths in other states
  4. News: Banerjee . Shoumojit . 2023-04-17 . Maharashtra heat-stroke deaths As toll rises to 13, Opposition MVA spars with ruling Shinde-Fadnavis government . en-IN . . 2023-04-22 . 0971-751X.
  5. Mazdiyasni . Omid . AghaKouchak . Amir . Davis . Steven J. . Madadgar . Shahrbanou . Mehran . Ali . Ragno . Elisa . Sadegh . Mojtaba . Sengupta . Ashmita . Ghosh . Subimal . Dhanya . C. T. . Niknejad . Mohsen . Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves . Science Advances . June 2017 . 3 . 6 . e1700066 . 10.1126/sciadv.1700066. 28630921 . 5462497 . 2017SciA....3E0066M .
  6. Azhar . Gulrez Shah . Mavalankar . Dileep . Nori-Sarma . Amruta . Rajiva . Ajit . Dutta . Priya . Jaiswal . Anjali . Sheffield . Perry . Knowlton . Kim . Hess . Jeremy J. . Akiba . Suminori . Heat-Related Mortality in India: Excess All-Cause Mortality Associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad Heat Wave . PLOS ONE . 14 March 2014 . 9 . 3 . e91831 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0091831. 24633076 . 3954798 . 2014PLoSO...991831A . free .