2020 8th warmest year in India in 121 years: IMD
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that 2020 was the eighth warmest year India recorded in the last 121 years. Last year, the annual mean land surface air temperature average was 0.29°C above normal, for the period average considered between 1981 and 2010. However, it was much lower than 2016 (+0.71°C), which remains the warmest year recorded since 1901.