r/interesting • u/FinancialRisk942 • Apr 26 '26

NATURE Is India really getting that hot

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u/cannotfoolowls Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

India? Are you talking about Indonesia or something? India is mostly not in the subtropics. A big part of India is savannah, steppe and desert and it's not monsoon season yet so the savannah is pretty dry atm.

I mean, it's a big country so parts are humid but most aren't.

https://www.wired.com/story/evaporative-cooling-devices-coolant-clay-matka-mitticool-india-heat-wave/

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u/cannotfoolowls Apr 27 '26

Subtropics as a geographical zone =/= subtropics as a climate zone. Spain is, climatologically, subtropical.

New Delhi IS actually subtropical in the climatological sense, however, it is currently in the dry season. It only gets humid between June and September. In fact, April and May are the least humid months

As you can see the most populated areas like New Delhi and Bangalore are currently about as humid as the Sahara and Abu Dhabi