IMD: Summer to be hotter than usual

IMD: Summer to be hotter than usual

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Environment

In news:

• The forecast from IMD indicates that the MAM (March-May) season averaged temperatures are likely to be at least half a degree hotter than normal

About Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)

• IMD was established in 1875.
• It is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.
• It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology