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This is a list of serious heat waves in India.

Year Duration Max. temperature Deaths Ref
1956 Template:Convert [1]
1995 June Template:Convert >350 [2]
1998 May–June Template:Convert 2,500 [1]
2002 April–May Template:Convert 1030
2015 May–June Template:Convert 2500
2016 April–May Template:Convert 160
2019 May-June Template:Convert 184[note 1]
2022 March-June Template:Convert 90
2023 April–June Template:Convert 111 [3]
2024 April-June Template:Convert 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.[4][5]

See also

Notes

  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. Maharashtra heat-stroke deaths | As toll rises to 13, Opposition MVA spars with ruling Shinde-Fadnavis government. The Hindu(2023-04-17). Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  4. Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves. Science Advances({Template:Date).
  5. Heat-Related Mortality in India: Excess All-Cause Mortality Associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad Heat Wave. PLOS ONE({Template:Date).

References

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