High temperature weather in India

The high temperature is not only unbearable for people, but also for wild animals and domestic animals. Sustained high temperatures have caused mass deaths of bats, crows and peacocks living in the forest belt of Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state. In addition, after the drought in 2009, Indian farmers waiting to harvest wheat have become impatient. However, continued high temperatures may result in reduced wheat yields. The director of the Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Department said that because the high temperature weather from March to April affected wheat growth, the wheat yield in Uttar Pradesh may be reduced by 35% compared with previous years.

Since March 2015, temperatures have continued to rise in most parts of India. Since May, the temperature in most cities across the country has remained above 42 degrees Celsius, setting the highest record in Indian meteorological history. Indian meteorologists pointed out that monsoon rains usually start in early June, but it is still far from the rainy season and cannot be expected to reduce the temperature through rain. Officials in Gujarat state said that the state's hospitals receive about 300 patients with food poisoning and heat stroke in a day, and the "300" number is only a conservative estimate and does not include patients in remote rural areas.