Nagpur: April month, which normally witnesses consistent rise in daytime temperature and falling humidity, is witnessing uniquely abnormal weather activities this year. Thanks to climate change, this year’s April month has turned out to be the coldest and wettest in the last many decades.
According to the climatic features of Nagpur, thunderstorms are most common in the afternoon or evening, when the western disturbances pass north India, because they draw moist air from the sea to inland. On rare instances, these summer thunderstorms are also followed by strong winds, squalls, and hail.
Gold Rate
05 April 2025
This month’s average precipitation is 19.4 mm. There are typically 1.7 rainy days and the average number of days of thunderstorms is zero. The relative humidity is between 47% and 32%. However, this year, April has witnessed more than 64 mm of rainfall so far, with more than nine rainy days.
This April, so far four rainy days witnessed rainfall in double digits. The month witnessed more than 10 days of thunderstorms, including hail on three days. In April 2023, the city witnessed rainfall on April 1, 6, 7, 8, 20, 22, 25, 26 and 27 with thunderstorms and lightning. Normally, the average maximum temperature of Nagpur city during April month is 35.2 degrees Celsius and it crosses the 40 degrees mark in the last week of the month.
However, this April, the maximum temperature of Nagpur city was recorded at 42 degrees Celsius on April 19; whereas, the maximum temperature recorded most of the times was above normal. Four times, the maximum temperature crossed 40 degrees which was on April 13 (41.0 degrees Celsius), April 17 (40.9 degrees Celsius), April 18 (41.2 degrees Celsius) and April 19 (42.0 degrees Celsius). Despite thunderstorms, cloudy weather and rains, the maximum temperature of Nagpur recorded above 37 degrees Celsius for 17 times.
With 42.0 degrees Celsius, this April month witnessed the lowest maximum temperature in the last 11 years. The highest maximum temperature in 2013 in April was 44.7 degrees Celsius which was observed on April 30, in 2014 it was 43.7 degrees Celsius (April 29), in 2015 it was 44.5 degrees Celsius (April 29), in 2016 it was 45.0 degrees Celsius (April 22), in 2017 it was 45.5 degrees Celsius (April 19), in 2018 it was 45.2 degrees Celsius (April 30), in 2019 it was 45.3 degrees Celsius (April 28), in 2020 it was 43.4 degrees Celsius (April 18), in 2021 it was 43.1 degrees Celsius (April 29) and in 2022 it was 45.2 degrees Celsius (April 30).
Orange alert:
Meanwhile, Nagpur is likely to witness more rains with thunderstorms on the remaining days of April as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued an Orange alert for April 28 and 29.
According to weather department, “Thunderstorm with lightning, hail and gusty winds (speed reaching 40-50 kmph) will be witnessed at one or two places of Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Amravati, Yavatmal and Washim on April 28 and 29.”
Nagpur witnessed heavy rains, thunderstorms and lightning on Thursday night which restricted the traffic movement from some time due to water logging in low lying areas. Power cuts and uprooting of trees were also observed at many places. The rain started at 8.30 pm which lasted till 10.30 pm. Till 11.30 at night on Thursday, 6.6 mm rainfall was recorded. Buldana also witnessed 7 mm rainfall whereas other places of Vidarbha were dry. Due to cloudy weather the maximum temperature in all over Vidarbha was recorded below 37 degrees Celsius whereas the minimums were below 20 degrees Celsius.
