Mumbai: In recent days, Mumbai has been seeing a temperature variation of about 7 to 8 degrees Celsius between its highest and lowest temperatures. On Friday, January 3, the city experienced an almost 20-degree difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures,

The year 2024 emerged as the warmest on record in India since 1901, with the average minimum temperature soaring 0.90 degrees Celsius above the long-period average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Wednesday.

The year 2024 now ranks as the warmest year on record since 1901, surpassing 2016, which had recorded a mean land surface air temperature 0.54 degrees Celsius above normal.

IMD's DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra stated that the annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius above the long-term average (1991-2020 period).

India experienced its warmest year in 2024, with temperatures +0.65°C higher than average, according to IMD Director-General.