By 2030, Climate Change is Expected to Drive 43% Rise in the Intensity of Extreme Rainfall Events Across India, Making the Country Hotter and Wetter: IPE Global and Esri India Study
New Delhi, June 2025.Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Surat, Thane, Hyderabad, Patna and Bhubaneswar are projected to witness a two-fold increase in heatwave days. Extended heat wave conditions are likely to trigger more frequent, incessant and erratic rainfall events. Eight out of ten districts in India are going to experience multiple instances of such rainfall extremes by 2030, according to a first-of-its-kind independent study released today by the IPE-Global and Esri India.The frequency, intensity, and unpredictability of these extreme heat and rainfall events have risen significantly in recent decades. India has witnessed a 15-fold increase in extreme heat wave days across the March-April-May (MAM) and June-July-August-September (JJAS) months in the last three decades (between 1...
