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‘Climate of India during 2021’ report
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- Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) published its “Climate of India during 2021” recently.
- As per the report, the year 2021 was the fifth warmest year in India since country-wide records started in India in 1901.
- India reported a loss of 1,750 lives because of extreme weather events in 2021.
- Maharashtra was the most adversely affected state, with 350 deaths.
- Among extreme weather events, lightning & thunderstorms were responsible for the highest lives followed.
- It is followed by floods, heavy rains, and landslides.
- The annual mean temperature in India during 1901-2021 witnessed an increasing trend of 0.63 degrees C per 100 years
- 2021 annual rainfall over India as a whole was 105% of its Long Period Average, based on the 1961-2010 period.
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