Explained: Decade ended 2019 hottest ever, last year the second hottest

On January 7, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared the 2010-19 decade to have been India’s hottest since records began in 1901, with the average temperature 0.36 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year 1981-2010 average. 2019 was the country’s seventh hottest year on record.

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