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Earth's average temperature for 2025-29 likely to exceed 1.5 deg C limit

May 28, 2025 11:40 am

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), India received above-normal rainfall during the monsoon season in four of the past five years.

Need quake warning systems: PM; working to better accuracy by 10-15%, says IMD DG

January 15, 2025 6:28 am

He also released the IMD’s Vision Document 2047 released, which detailed an ambitious plan of achieving zero-error forecast accuracy for up to three days lead time and an accuracy of up to 90% for its forecasts issued five days in advance by 2047.

climate Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union MoS for Science and Technology (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Celeste Saulo during the 150th foundation day celebrations of India Meteorological Department (IMD), in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

'Paris Agreement in grave danger': WMO chief calls for decisive climate action

January 14, 2025 4:28 pm

WMO chief said the IMD stands as a testament to India's pioneering spirit in meteorological science and has served as a cornerstone of weather observation, forecasting, and research across the Indian subcontinent for 150 years.

In the wake of cyclone Freddy, which pounded eastern Africa in two phases, more than 1,200 were reported dead or missing in Malawi while more than 180 people died in Mozambique, the WMO said.

UN weather agency says Tropical Cyclone Freddy that hit eastern Africa last year was longest ever

July 02, 2024 10:43 pm

It was also the second-longest in terms of distance traveled, at some 12,785 kilometers (7,945 miles) — while John was more than 13,000 kilometers, the agency said.

Hurdles on the path to green growth — and how to remove them

May 18, 2024 12:02 pm

Government support is critical for technology transition to achieve climate goals

Climate change made 2011-2020 decade wetter and warmer for India: WMO

December 05, 2023 3:20 pm

India had the worst single flooding episode in a monsoon season in June 2013, when heavy rains, mountain snowmelt and glacial lake outbursts led to extreme flooding and landslides in Uttarakhand.

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead

November 30, 2023 5:22 pm

The WMO secretary-general said the onset earlier this year of El Nino, the weather phenomenon marked by heating in the Pacific Ocean, could tip the average temperature next year over the 1.5-degree (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) target cap set in Paris.

Vikram S Mehta writes on the climate crisis: The global way out

August 07, 2023 10:43 am

In ‘era of global boiling’, challenge can only be met if we act in political, economic, financial concert

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Annual average temperature in Delhi on upward trend in past 4 decades

July 27, 2023 2:56 am

Over the past four decades, the period when much of the warming has been felt across the world, Delhi has also seen an increasing trend in both annual average maximum and minimum temperatures, data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) shows.