Category: Extremes affecting India

(ongoing) Heat wave occuring from October 16 2022 to August 23 2026 at -3.5°S 25.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Antarctica
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Azores
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Canarias
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo
  • Congo DRC
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Southern Territories
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Madagascar
  • Madeira
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Mali
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Korea
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Palestinian Territory
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Réunion
  • Saint Eustatius
  • Saint Lucia
  • Samoa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Korea
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Turkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Duration: 1408 days

Time span: October 16 2022 to August 23 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 3.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 18.5 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 33.2 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 46.7 °C

Event center: -3.5°S 25.0°E

Area affected: 509952516 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2022-Oct-16_to_2026-Aug-23_25.0_-3.5

Heat wave occuring from August 05 2026 to August 09 2026 at 25.0°N 74.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India

Duration: 5 days

Time span: August 05 2026 to August 09 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 1.6 °C
  • Mean temperature: 28.6 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.3 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 30.5 °C

Event center: 25.0°N 74.0°E

Area affected: 56263 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Aug-05_to_2026-Aug-09_74.0_25.0

Heat wave occuring from July 31 2026 to August 06 2026 at 19.5°N 81.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 31 2026 to August 06 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
  • Mean temperature: 27.8 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 2.9 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 31.4 °C

Event center: 19.5°N 81.5°E

Area affected: 171876 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Jul-31_to_2026-Aug-06_81.5_19.5

Heat wave occuring from July 23 2026 to July 30 2026 at 27.5°N 87.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • China
  • India
  • Nepal

Duration: 8 days

Time span: July 23 2026 to July 30 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 1.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: 19.4 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 3.2 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 32.6 °C

Event center: 27.5°N 87.5°E

Area affected: 457086 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Jul-23_to_2026-Jul-30_87.5_27.5

Cold spell occuring from July 20 2026 to July 25 2026 at 34.0°N 74.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India
  • Pakistan

Duration: 6 days

Time span: July 20 2026 to July 25 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -3.2 °C
  • Mean temperature: 23.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 14.3 °C

Event center: 34.0°N 74.5°E

Area affected: 67630 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Jul-20_to_2026-Jul-25_74.5_34.0

Cold spell occuring from July 02 2026 to July 08 2026 at 19.5°N 75.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 02 2026 to July 08 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -2.3 °C
  • Mean temperature: 25.0 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 23.1 °C

Event center: 19.5°N 75.5°E

Area affected: 61081 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-Jul-02_to_2026-Jul-08_75.5_19.5

Heat wave occuring from June 24 2026 to June 30 2026 at 21.0°N 84.0°E

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India

Duration: 7 days

Time span: June 24 2026 to June 30 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.7 °C
  • Mean temperature: 30.8 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 4.3 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 33.5 °C

Event center: 21.0°N 84.0°E

Area affected: 109536 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-Jun-24_to_2026-Jun-30_84.0_21.0

Cold spell occuring from May 29 2026 to June 05 2026 at 23.5°N 76.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India
  • Nepal

Duration: 8 days

Time span: May 29 2026 to June 05 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
  • Mean temperature: 29.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.8 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 9.9 °C

Event center: 23.5°N 76.5°E

Area affected: 446083 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-May-29_to_2026-Jun-05_76.5_23.5

Cold spell occuring from May 29 2026 to June 02 2026 at 24.0°N 83.5°E

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India

Duration: 5 days

Time span: May 29 2026 to June 02 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: -3.9 °C
  • Mean temperature: 29.1 °C
  • Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.7 °C
  • Minimum temperature: 24.7 °C

Event center: 24.0°N 83.5°E

Area affected: 76896 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2026-May-29_to_2026-Jun-02_83.5_24.0

Heat wave occuring from May 17 2026 to May 26 2026 at 19.5°N 81.5°E

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

  • India

Duration: 10 days

Time span: May 17 2026 to May 26 2026

Statistics over entire affected area:

  • Mean temperature anomaly: 2.0 °C
  • Mean temperature: 33.7 °C
  • Maximum temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
  • Maximum temperature: 39.5 °C

Event center: 19.5°N 81.5°E

Area affected: 311007 km$^2$


Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.



Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.



Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2026-May-17_to_2026-May-26_81.5_19.5