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This is a list of serious [[heat wave]]s in [[India]].
This is a list of serious [[heat wave]]s in [[India]].


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|[[1998 Indian heat wave|1998]]||May–June||{{convert|49.5|C|F}} ||2,500||<ref name=DailyNews>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1241&dat=19980612&id=FI5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L4YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5859,2125235 "Heat wave is scorching India"], ''Daily News'' (Kingsport), 12–14 June 1998.</ref>
|[[1998 Indian heat wave|1998]]||May–June||{{convert|49.5|C|F}} ||2,500||<ref name=DailyNews>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1241&dat=19980612&id=FI5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L4YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5859,2125235 "Heat wave is scorching India"], ''Daily News'' (Kingsport), 12–14 June 1998.</ref>
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|[[2002 Indian heat wave|2002]]||April–May||{{convert|49|C|F}} ||1,030||
|[[2002 Indian heat wave|2002]]||April–May||{{convert|49|C|F}} ||1030||
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|[[2015 Indian heat wave|2015]]||May–June||{{convert|49.4|C|F}} ||2,500||
|[[2015 Indian heat wave|2015]]||May–June||{{convert|49.4|C|F}} ||2500||
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|[[2016 Indian heat wave|2016]]||April–May||{{convert|51.0|C|F}}||1,600||
|[[2016 Indian heat wave|2016]]||April–May||{{convert|51.0|C|F}}||160||
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|[[2019 Indian heat wave|2019]]||May-June||{{convert|50.8|C|F}} ||184||
|[[2019 Indian heat wave|2019]]||May-June||{{convert|50.8|C|F}} ||184<ref group=note>This figure is for the state of [[Bihar]] only.  There were further deaths in other states</ref>||
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|[[2022 India–Pakistan heat wave|2022]]||March-June||{{convert|49.2|C|F}} ||90||
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|[[2023 Asia heat wave|2023]]
|April–June
|{{convert|46.2|C|F}}
 
|111
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Banerjee |first=Shoumojit |date=2023-04-17 |title=Maharashtra heat-stroke deaths {{!}} As toll rises to 13, Opposition MVA spars with ruling Shinde-Fadnavis government |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-heat-stroke-deaths-as-death-toll-rises-opposition-mva-spars-with-ruling-shinde-fadnavis-government/article66747865.ece |access-date=2023-04-22 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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|[[2024 Indian heat wave|2024]]||April-June||{{convert|50.5|C|F}}||411||
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== Difficulties in estimation ==
== Difficulties in estimation ==


Recent computerization of healthcare and adoption of diagnostic codes like [[ICD-10]] makes tracking of causality during estimation harder, resulting in underestimations, despite more complete data being available upon diagnosis.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mazdiyasni |first1=Omid |last2=AghaKouchak |first2=Amir |last3=Davis |first3=Steven J. |last4=Madadgar |first4=Shahrbanou |last5=Mehran |first5=Ali |last6=Ragno |first6=Elisa |last7=Sadegh |first7=Mojtaba |last8=Sengupta |first8=Ashmita |last9=Ghosh |first9=Subimal |last10=Dhanya |first10=C. T. |last11=Niknejad |first11=Mohsen |title=Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves |journal=Science Advances |date=June 2017 |volume=3 |issue=6 |pages=e1700066 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.1700066|pmid=28630921 |pmc=5462497 |bibcode=2017SciA....3E0066M }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Azhar |first1=Gulrez Shah |last2=Mavalankar |first2=Dileep |last3=Nori-Sarma |first3=Amruta |last4=Rajiva |first4=Ajit |last5=Dutta |first5=Priya |last6=Jaiswal |first6=Anjali |last7=Sheffield |first7=Perry |last8=Knowlton |first8=Kim |last9=Hess |first9=Jeremy J. |last10=Akiba |first10=Suminori |title=Heat-Related Mortality in India: Excess All-Cause Mortality Associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad Heat Wave |journal=PLOS ONE |date=14 March 2014 |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=e91831 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0091831|pmid=24633076 |pmc=3954798 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...991831A |doi-access=free }}</ref>
Recent computerization of healthcare and adoption of diagnostic codes like [[ICD-10]] makes tracking of causality during estimation harder, resulting in underestimations, despite more complete data being available upon diagnosis.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mazdiyasni |first1=Omid |last2=AghaKouchak |first2=Amir |last3=Davis |first3=Steven J. |last4=Madadgar |first4=Shahrbanou |last5=Mehran |first5=Ali |last6=Ragno |first6=Elisa |last7=Sadegh |first7=Mojtaba |last8=Sengupta |first8=Ashmita |last9=Ghosh |first9=Subimal |last10=Dhanya |first10=C. T. |last11=Niknejad |first11=Mohsen |title=Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves |journal=Science Advances |date=June 2017 |volume=3 |issue=6 |article-number=e1700066 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.1700066|pmid=28630921 |pmc=5462497 |bibcode=2017SciA....3E0066M }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Azhar |first1=Gulrez Shah |last2=Mavalankar |first2=Dileep |last3=Nori-Sarma |first3=Amruta |last4=Rajiva |first4=Ajit |last5=Dutta |first5=Priya |last6=Jaiswal |first6=Anjali |last7=Sheffield |first7=Perry |last8=Knowlton |first8=Kim |last9=Hess |first9=Jeremy J. |last10=Akiba |first10=Suminori |title=Heat-Related Mortality in India: Excess All-Cause Mortality Associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad Heat Wave |journal=PLOS ONE |date=14 March 2014 |volume=9 |issue=3 |article-number=e91831 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0091831|pmid=24633076 |pmc=3954798 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...991831A |doi-access=free }}</ref>
 
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[List of heat waves]]
* [[List of heat waves]]
* [[Heatstroke]] - ICD-10 code: T67
* [[Climate of India]]
* [[Global warming]]
* [[Climate change in South Asia]] 
* [[Climate change]]
* [[Heat stroke]] - ICD-10 code: T67
 
== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of natural disasters|Heat]]
[[Category:Lists of natural disasters|Heat]]
[[Category:Heat waves]]

Latest revision as of 11:40, 22 March 2026


This is a list of serious heat waves in India.

Year Duration Max. temperature Deaths Ref
1956 50.6 °C (123.1 °F) [1]
1995 June 45.5 °C (113.9 °F) >350 [2]
1998 May–June 49.5 °C (121.1 °F) 2,500 [1]
2002 April–May 49 °C (120 °F) 1030
2015 May–June 49.4 °C (120.9 °F) 2500
2016 April–May 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) 160
2019 May-June 50.8 °C (123.4 °F) 184[note 1]
2022 March-June 49.2 °C (120.6 °F) 90
2023 April–June 46.2 °C (115.2 °F) 111 [3]
2024 April-June 50.5 °C (122.9 °F) 411

Difficulties in estimation[edit | edit source]

Recent computerization of healthcare and adoption of diagnostic codes like ICD-10 makes tracking of causality during estimation harder, resulting in underestimations, despite more complete data being available upon diagnosis.[4][5]

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. This figure is for the state of Bihar only. There were further deaths in other states

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Heat wave is scorching India", Daily News (Kingsport), 12–14 June 1998.
  2. "India would welcome monsoon to halt deadly temperatures", The Item (Sumter), 17 June 1995.
  3. Banerjee, Shoumojit (2023-04-17). "Maharashtra heat-stroke deaths | As toll rises to 13, Opposition MVA spars with ruling Shinde-Fadnavis government". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  4. Mazdiyasni, Omid; AghaKouchak, Amir; Davis, Steven J.; Madadgar, Shahrbanou; Mehran, Ali; Ragno, Elisa; Sadegh, Mojtaba; Sengupta, Ashmita; Ghosh, Subimal; Dhanya, C. T.; Niknejad, Mohsen (June 2017). "Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves". Science Advances. 3 (6) e1700066. Bibcode:2017SciA....3E0066M. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700066. PMC 5462497. PMID 28630921.
  5. Azhar, Gulrez Shah; Mavalankar, Dileep; Nori-Sarma, Amruta; Rajiva, Ajit; Dutta, Priya; Jaiswal, Anjali; Sheffield, Perry; Knowlton, Kim; Hess, Jeremy J.; Akiba, Suminori (14 March 2014). "Heat-Related Mortality in India: Excess All-Cause Mortality Associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad Heat Wave". PLOS ONE. 9 (3) e91831. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...991831A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091831. PMC 3954798. PMID 24633076.