According to the report from the AQI platform, which tracks air quality and climate data around the world, an unprecedented global natural event occurred in the last days of April. Without exception, all 50 hottest places on earth were recorded within the borders of India.
In April, which is not usually the hottest time of the year, average maximum temperatures across India reached 44.7 degrees Celsius. In the city of Banda in Uttar Pradesh state, which tops the list, thermometers recorded 46.2 degrees Celsius, making it history as the highest recorded temperature in the world that day.
Temperatures can exceed the survivability limit
Climate scientists and historians say this extreme heat wave, which was concentrated in India's interior, broke hundreds of records in April. In India, where summer is starting earlier and becoming more severe every year due to the global climate crisis, there are warnings that temperatures could exceed the “survival limit” by 2050 even for healthy people.
This situation, which poses a life-threatening danger, especially for the elderly, children and field workers, also places an enormous burden on the country's agricultural production and health systems.
In addition to the rise in temperature, India is also struggling with the energy crisis this year. As the war in the Middle East limits oil supplies and leaves the country without fuel at a time when cooling needs are at their peak, forecasts for the coming months paint an even more pessimistic picture.
While monsoon rainfall is expected to remain below average due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, it is predicted that the chilled temperature combined with humidity could reach dangerous levels of 50 to 60 degrees Celsius in the central and eastern states.
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