October so far, the fifth coolest ever | Number Theory

Cloudy and rainy weather, but possibly also cold winds blowing from the mountains

Large parts of India appear to be experiencing cooler than normal temperatures this month. How cold is it? An HT analysis of the gridded data of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) suggests that while nights have also turned cooler in recent days, it is daytime temperatures which have seen a bigger plunge, averaging fifth lowest for October so far. What is the reason behind it? Cloudy and rainy weather, but possibly also cold winds blowing from the mountains.

India’s average maximum temperature up to October 9 (the gridded data for October 10 will only be published today) is 30.02°C.

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