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Imphal, April 26 (EMN): Manipur recorded this year’s maximum temperature in Tengnoupal district where the barometer shot up to 39.74 degree celsius on Tuesday, according to data from State Directorate of Environment, Climate and change.
Tengnoupal district recorded a maximum temperature of 39.74 on Monday.
In last year, 90% of hill state’s maximum temperature (39.97 degree Celsius) was also recorded in Tengnoupal district which borders Myanmar. It was recorded on April 22, 2021.
The maximum temperatures of Manipur are recorded in Tengnoupal (formerly under Chandel district) or Noney (formerly under Tamenglong district) in the past one decade, as per official records available in the Directorate of Environment, Climate and change.
The maximum temperature (40 degree Celsius) of Manipur in the last 10 years was recorded in Chandel district on two occasions-first on April 10, 2016 and second on May 10, 2019.
Otherwise, Imphal West and Imphal East districts on Tuesday recorded maximum temperatures of 30.85 and 33.47 degree celsius respectively. Imphal West district had once recorded a maximum of 37.16 degree celsius on August 11, 2019 while Imphal East district had recorded a maximum temperature of 38.07 degree Celsius on March 10, 2016.
The early heat waves of 2022 that began on March 11 have impacted 15 Indian states and Union territories (as of April 24), according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD said that a heat wave happens when the temperature of a place crosses 40 degree celsius in the plains, 37 degree celsius in coastal areas, and 30 degree Celsius in the hills.
Surprisingly, after Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has been the most affected by heat waves this year — with 21 heat waves and severe heat wave days, CSE in a press release said on Monday.
Heat waves exert enormous impacts on health, agriculture and availability of water – all often related to each other in complex ways. Even though the number of deaths due to heat waves in India has decreased over the years, research shows that the general physical and mental wellbeing of people does get affected by extreme temperatures, it said.
Heat waves claimed over 166,000 lives between 1998 and 2017, according to the World Health Organisation.
