India, Feb. 28 -- Amid forecast of a record-breaking warm year, the India Meteorological Department warns of a warmer than normal summer

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that the summer will be hotter by an average of above 1 degrees celsius than the normal. This is for the second consecutive year that IMD has forecast a hotter than usual summer (March-May 2020).

Scientists have already warned that 2020 would be among the 10 warmest years on record. This is based on the weather conditions of the first two months of the year. January this year was the warmest in 141 years. NASA recently declared that Antarctica recorded its highest-ever temperature on record on February 6.

According to IMD, the coming summer will be ...