List of Indian heat waves

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	52.9 °C (127.2 °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. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of heat waves
• Climate of India
• Climate change in South Asia
• Climate change
• Heat stroke - ICD-10 code: T67

Notes

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

References

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.