Delhi's Coldest Month Of January In 21 Years; UK Climate Chiefs Admit Net Zero Nonsense; + The Climate Scam And War

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Delhi's Coldest Month Of January In 21 Years

With a mean maximum at Safdarjung, the capital's official temperature station, of 17.9C (64.2F), Delhi has just suffered its coldest January since 2003 (tying 2015), the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed.

In books dating back 33 years, this was only the third instance of a sub 18C mean maximum in January, as per IMD data.

Delhi's average maximum temperature in January is 20.1C (68.2F).

'Very poor air quality, heavily foggy mornings and bitter cold defined the January of 2024,' reports The Times of India.

With a reading of 6.43C (53.6F), the month averaged lowest minimum reading since 2013, and also experienced five 'cold days' and five 'cold waves'. Isolated parts of Delhi saw cold day conditions for nearly 10 days.

The IMD declares a 'cold day' when the minimum temperature falls below 10C or the departure from the norm is -4.5C or more. A 'cold wave' is announced when the minimum is 4C or more below average or when the minimum sinks below 4C.

As recently uncovered by an IITM study, cold waves are increasing across India "despite global warming".

The analysis, led by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) scientists Raju Mandal and Susmitha Joseph, found that central and eastern India has seen the average number of cold waves increase by more than five-days-per-decade since the 1950s, and by over 15 days per decade in some places.

On average, these regions used to record 2-to-5 cold wave days per 10 years (between 1951-2011), but this rose to nearly 5-to-15 days in the last decade (ending 2021).

Mandal: "We wanted to understand through the study if there can be a reduction in cold wave events amidst a global warming scenario. We, however, found that occurrences of cold wave events have continued even under the general warming scenarios."

The mainstream line of a 'catastrophically warming world' is a confusing message to the people of India.

India's latest round of 'cold waves' has gripped far more than just Delhi, and all.

Across the north, many schools were closed for 5 days due to the intense cold. On Jan 20, the northern city of Lucknow logged its coldest winter day since 1952, with cities such as Kanpur and Bikaner among those to post their lowest readings in 18+ years.

Though India is considered to be tropical, 40% of its 1.3 billion people are categorized as being vulnerable to cold waves. That is some 520 million people who are susceptible to both normal and below-average winters. In contrast, only 15% are susceptible to heat waves.

India—the planet as a whole, in fact—should focus on cold weather preparedness rather than heat. It's in the data.