Climate Outlook Report

Climate Outlook Report

Subject: Geography

Section: Climate

Context: In the latest Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, the WMO said that 2022 will be cooler (compared to the 1991 – 2020 average) over India, along with Alaska and Canada.

Concept:

• In a rare trend, India could be among the few regions globally where below normal temperatures have been predicted for this year and the next four years, the decadal report stated.
• Further, it said 2022 will be cooler (compared to the 1991 – 2020 average) over India, along with Alaska and Canada.
• One of the primary reasons for lowering of temperatures over India from next year is the possible increase in rainfall activity in this decade.
• Even, IMD had said that the Indian monsoon will soon enter the positive epoch after remaining under a negative epoch since 1971 from April this year.
• The future trend suggests that the decadal mean value will be close to near normal during 2021 to 2030. It will then turn positive, meaning that the decade 2031-2040 will be the beginning of a wet epoch.
• However, the WMO has warned with high certainty that during any one year between 2022 and 2026, the global near-surface temperature could exceed 1.5° Celsius of pre-industrial levels.

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