BENGALURU: The average temperature for December so far this year has been 23.7 degrees Celsius. Even though the city's weather seems to be cosy and pleasant, the temperature is nearly two degrees above the normal of 21.6 degrees Celsius for this time of year. The normal minimum and maximum temperatures for December is 16.4 degrees Celsius and 26.9 degrees Celsius, respectively, as per
IMD
Bengaluru.
The data is based on a 30-year-long average starting from 1990. According to the data, 2018 saw the second-hottest December and 2015, the third. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast too, for the period extending from December 2023 to February 2024, says Karnataka is likely to witness above-normal minimum and maximum temperatures this winter along with most of the rest of India.
"This is the effect of El Nino (a climatic event that causes the warming of surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean), which will impact us till March next year. Winter has set in but it is not going to see any days that will be biting cold like they were in 2022," said
A Prasad
, a scientist at IMD Bengaluru.
The IMD office said they've been recording an average of 18 and 27.4 degrees Celsius as minimum and maximum temperatures, respectively, from four of their stations in the city. Prasad added that winters in the geographical region are characterised by western disturbances, i.e. storms originating in the Caspian or Mediterranean sea that bring rain and snow to the Indian subcontinent. "Since the disturbances are at a low, we aren't going to experience a harsh winter," he said.
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