The India Meteorological Department said on Saturday that temperatures in north India could reach 50 degrees, with Dr M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, adding that May is typically the “hottest month” based on historical trends. “The average maximum temperature over northwest and central India in April 2022 is the highest in the last 122 years, with 35.90 degrees Celsius and 37.78 degrees Celsius,” he said, according to news agency ANI.
“Average to above-normal rainfall is expected across most of India, with the exception of some regions of northwest and northeast India, as well as the extreme southeast peninsula, where rainfall is expected to be below normal,” the top IMD scientist said.
In the month of May, “Maximum temperatures will most likely be above normal in most parts of west central and northwest India, as well as northern parts of northeast India. Maximum temperatures would most likely be normal to slightly below normal in the remaining sections of the country “a statement from the government said
