Winter in India is expected to turn warmer with temperatures rising between 0.4 to 0.8 degrees during the next 20 years- starting from 2016 to 2035. The temperatures will again rise by 2 to 3 degrees during 2046-2065. North India will be 3 to 5 degrees hotter by the end of the century than what it is today.
The temperatures of north India will comparatively become warmer than south India during this period and thereafter. These findings have come up in a report published by IPCC ( Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
The report further claims that monsoon in India will become prolong in the second half of the century and rainy season will set in earlier than its usual time. The frequency of tropical storms will lessen and rain will increase in the later part of the century due to more atmospheric moisture amid rising temperatures.
The effect of temperature rise and rainfall variations on the region's agriculture that's highly dependent on monsoon will be considered in the report on impact, adaptation and vulnerability, to be released next year as part of the IPCC's fifth assessment report.
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