Visakhapatnam: Observations on state-level climate change trends in India, as part of a study conducted by experts from ministry of earth sciences and India Meteorological Department, revealed that many states in India, except those in the Indo-Gangetic plains, have experienced significant warming conditions in the last six decades.
Diurnal temperature range (DTR) is a useful index of climatic change and it showed noteworthy results during the observation.
The changes were basically witnessed between 1951 and 2010 in which all states across the country have significantly been changing according to the larger-scale Asian monsoon.
The increasing trend of annual mean maximum temperature and winter temperatures were significant over Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states.
Interestingly, the annual minimum temperatures were also appreciably increasing in the states. Significant average annual rainfall trends also showed an increase in the period, while the trends are not significant in other states.
The major impact of the climate change is the increasing temperatures in winter and mean temperatures during the season, which has increased across all states in India except Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
But, the rising trends were significant in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in many areas.
Summer mean maximum temperatures were increasing in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and seasonal rainfall activity also increased that signify the changing scenario, the report mentioned.
Normally, winters used to witness fog and chilly temperatures until sometime ago, but now rainfall has been increasing during the season.
