By Paul Homewood
You will recall the BBC’s claim that Delhi has been experiencing an “unprecedented heatwave” last month.
In one of the largest hospitals in India’s capital, Delhi, a physician says he has never seen anything like this before.
“This is an unprecedented heatwave. In my 13 years of working here, I don’t remember signing a death certificate for heat stroke. This year, I’ve signed several,” says Ajay Chauhan of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RMLH).
Delhi has been reeling under a prolonged heatwave, with daily temperatures crossing 40C (104F) since May, peaking at nearly 50C. Humidity and hot winds exacerbate the heat, compounded by water shortages and power outages due to soaring demand. And people are dying from the heat, with media reports suggesting at least 20 fatalities due to heat-related illnesses.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn00nkzdvkjo
The article then proceeded to graphically describe how people were suffering and dying from the heat, as if India never had hot weather before.
As I noted at the time, May was not unusually hot:
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https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2024/06/20/bbcs-unprecedented-heatwave-in-india/
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And now we have the data to show that June was not either. And despite BBC claims that heatwaves were getting worse in Delhi, the opposite is actually the case:
https://data.giss.nasa.gov/tmp/gistemp/STATIONS_v4/tmp_IN022021900_15_0_1/station.txt