Mumbai: The heat waves in March and April 2022 were record breaking; of the last 12 years for which we accessed data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), April 2022 had the highest number of weather stations recording more than 45 degrees Celsius (°C) maximum temperature.
...This April, more places in India saw 45+ temperatures in a decade
Several weather stations broke their all-time maximum temperature records in April 2022 and studies show this will become more common henceforth.