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

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!Year||Duration||Max. temperature||Deaths||Ref
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|[[1956 Indian heat wave|1956]]|| ||{{
convert|50.6|C|F}} || ||<ref name=DailyNews/>
|-
|[[1995 Indian heat wave|1995]]||June||{{convert|45.5|C|F}} ||>350||<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19950617&id=yDtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_K0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5707,3954685 "India would welcome monsoon to halt deadly temperatures"], ''The Item'' (Sumter), 17 June 1995.</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>
|-
|[[2002 Indian heat wave|2002]]||April–May||{{convert|49|C|F}} ||1030||
|-
|[[2015 Indian heat wave|2015]]||May–June||{{convert|49.4|C|F}} ||2500||
|-
|[[2016 Indian heat wave|2016]]||April–May||{{convert|51.0|C|F}}||160||
|-
|[[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>||
|-
|[[2022 India–Pakistan heat wave|2022]]||March-June||{{convert|49.2|C|F}} ||90||
|-
|[[2023 Asia heat wave|2023]]
|April–June
|{{convert|46.2|C|F}}

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|<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>
|-
|[[2024 Indian heat wave|2024]]||April-June||{{convert|50.5|C|F}}||411||
|}

== 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 |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 ==
* [[List of heat waves]]
* [[Climate of India]]
* [[Climate change in South Asia]]
* [[Climate change]]
* [[Heat stroke]] - ICD-10 code: T67

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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{{List of heat waves|state=autocollapse}}
[[Category:Heat waves in India| ]]
[[Category:Lists of natural disasters|Heat]]

List of Indian heat waves - Revision history

Bmgrouprealty at 06:10, 22 March 2026