<p>The year 2022 was the fifth warmest for India since 1901 when India Meteorological Department started keeping weather records.</p>.<p>The annual mean land surface air temperature was 0.51 degrees Celsius above the long-term average which is the mean temperature for the 1981-2010 period, the weather office said in the statement on Climate of India during 2022.</p>.<p>However, this was lower than the highest warming observed in India in 2016 when the average temperature was 0.71 degrees Celsius. </p>.<p>The all-India mean temperatures during the 2022 winter season -- January to February -- were normal with an anomaly of -0.04 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>Temperatures during the pre-monsoon months (March to May) were above normal with an anomaly of 1.06 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>Rainfall over the country in 2022 as a whole was 108 per cent of its Long Period Average value based on the period 1971-2020. The previous year also witnessed 15 cyclonic disturbances -- three cyclonic storms and 12 depressions -- formed over the north Indian Ocean against the normal of 11.2 based on data of 1965-2021. </p>.<p>In addition to these, extreme weather events like extremely heavy rainfall, floods, landslide, lightning, thunderstorm, and droughts were also experienced in various parts of the country, the weather office said.</p>
<p>The year 2022 was the fifth warmest for India since 1901 when India Meteorological Department started keeping weather records.</p>.<p>The annual mean land surface air temperature was 0.51 degrees Celsius above the long-term average which is the mean temperature for the 1981-2010 period, the weather office said in the statement on Climate of India during 2022.</p>.<p>However, this was lower than the highest warming observed in India in 2016 when the average temperature was 0.71 degrees Celsius. </p>.<p>The all-India mean temperatures during the 2022 winter season -- January to February -- were normal with an anomaly of -0.04 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>Temperatures during the pre-monsoon months (March to May) were above normal with an anomaly of 1.06 degrees Celsius.</p>.<p>Rainfall over the country in 2022 as a whole was 108 per cent of its Long Period Average value based on the period 1971-2020. The previous year also witnessed 15 cyclonic disturbances -- three cyclonic storms and 12 depressions -- formed over the north Indian Ocean against the normal of 11.2 based on data of 1965-2021. </p>.<p>In addition to these, extreme weather events like extremely heavy rainfall, floods, landslide, lightning, thunderstorm, and droughts were also experienced in various parts of the country, the weather office said.</p>