In the recent decades, heat waves have become more common in summer while cold waves are less so common in winter in the country, a study conducted by researchers at the UoH has said
In the recent decades, heat waves have become more common in summer while cold waves are less so common in winter in the country, a study conducted by researchers at the UoH has said
The researchers used daily maximum temperature and minimum temperature data from 1970 to 2019
Through data, researchers investigated the trend in the frequency of occurrence of days with anomalously high temperatures and days with anomalously low temperature over different climatic regions of the country
The team found that days with anomalously higher temperatures are increasing during summer every year while the days with anomalously lower temperatures are decreasing during winter every year
The occurrence of anomalously higher temperatures for consecutive three days or more is referred to as a heat wave event
The authors found that heat wave events are increasing at the rate of 0.6 events per decade
The occurrence of anomalously lower temperatures for consecutive three days or more is referred to as a cold wave event