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Global Warming

Speeding up signs of severe climate change

Awareness

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) began monitoring temperature, moisture, and rain in 1875. It is now one of the world’s largest enterprises, monitoring dozens of weather variables. This information is freely available to the public. When the IMD was founded, its mission was to “study methodically the climate patterns in India as a whole, and apply the knowledge so gained to the issuing of storm and other warnings, as well as daily predictions.” The department was assigned with forecasting the south-west monsoon after a devastating famine in 1877. Analysis by IMD The IMD uses long-term data from 1981 to 2010 to forecast normal daily temperatures and concerns heatwave warnings if temperatures are projected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius in the lowlands or 30 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas. It does so for coastal zones when the highest temperature is forecast to be higher than 4.5 degrees Celsius or above 37 degrees Celsius. However, these requirements must be completed at two stations within the IMD division. On the second day, a heatwave was declared. The Report…