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The number of humid summer days in India has increased to 141. This figure has come out in the report released by Climate Central. In the 1970s, there was an average of 101 days of this humid summer every year. It increased to 141 days annually between 2016 and 2025. Its connection is with wet bulb temperature in which the temperature is 25 degrees Celsius or more. In fact, the havoc of heat and humidity is continuously increasing every year in India. The problem here is not only due to the scorching heat but the humidity is also proving fatal for the people.
To explain this, the focus is on wet bulb temperature. This method of temperature, combined with heat and humidity, tells us how difficult or uncomfortable the environment actually is for the human body.
The increasing number of such days is dangerous, because the humid heat can affect the special process of keeping the body cool (sweating). Apart from this, it can cause many serious and fatal diseases related to heat. This report was released by ‘Climate Central’, which is an independent group of scientists and communicators. It researches facts related to changing climate and its impact on people’s lives.
Problems happening all over the world
India is not the only country facing an increase in the number of dangerously humid summer days. According to the analysis, the number of such days has more than doubled across the world. This number increased from 10 days per year in the 1970s to 23 days annually between 2016–25. The largest increases occurred in tropical humid regions, where ‘wet-bulb’ temperatures are typically high and approach dangerous levels.
The report also said that human-caused climate change is responsible for two-thirds (64 percent) of the number of dangerously humid heat days worldwide since 1970.
Climate change is now an important reason
The report says that climate change has now changed from a minor reason to a major reason for dangerously humid summer days. In some parts of the world, extreme heat that would have been rare or almost impossible without climate change has now become commonplace, putting the lives of millions at risk.
Source-PTI
