List of Indian heat waves explained
This is a list of serious heat waves in India.
| Year | Duration | Max. temperature | Deaths | Ref |
|---|
| 1956 | | 50.6C | | |
| 1995 | June | 45.5C | >350 | [1] |
| 1998 | May–June | 49.5C | 2,500 | [2] |
| 2002 | April–May | 49C | 1030 | |
| 2015 | May–June | 49.4C | 2500 | |
| 2016 | April–May | 51C | 160 | |
| 2019 | May-June | 50.8C | 184[3] | |
| 2022 | March-June | 49.2C | 90 | |
| 2023 | April–June | 46.2C | 111 | [4] |
| 2024 | April-June | 52.9C | 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.[5] [6]
See also
Notes and References
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19950617&id=yDtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_K0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5707,3954685 "India would welcome monsoon to halt deadly temperatures"
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1241&dat=19980612&id=FI5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L4YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5859,2125235 "Heat wave is scorching India"
- This figure is for the state of Bihar only. There were further deaths in other states
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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 .
