Warmer summer this year, predicts met department

Scientists said that every one-degree rise in temperature could pull down wheat yield by 10%

Daily temperatures across the country are expected to be up to one degree Celsius above normal this summer (March to May), except in the northwest where it could be even more, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.

“Studies also indicate increasing trends in the frequency and duration of heat waves, which can be attributed to increasing trends in greenhouse gases and warming of sea surface temperatures over the equatorial Indian and Pacific Oceans,” the government agency stated on Tuesday.

This is part of its summer season forecast. It says above normal conditions are likely to prevail over the 'core heat zone'. This