November 2024 recorded as warmest ever in Pakistan



A man drinks water during a hot summer day. — AFP/File
A person drinks water throughout a scorching summer time day. — AFP/File

November 2024 has turn out to be the warmest November to have been recorded in Pakistan, with a big divergence of +2.89 °C from the nationwide common, based on the Pakistan Meteorological Division (PMD).

Pakistan’s nationwide imply month-to-month temperature of 20.75°C this yr was significantly larger than the 17.87°C nationwide common. That is the very best November imply temperature in 64 years (the earlier file was 19.87°C in 2011).

The daytime most temperature at country-level was 28.05°C additionally hotter by +2.13°C than the country-average of 25.92°C and stands because the second warmest imply most temperature in the course of the previous 64 years. Beforehand, it touched 28.09°C in 2007.

The country-level nighttime (minimal) temperature of 13.40°C was hotter with even larger magnitude of +4.07°C than the countrywide common of 9.33°C and ranks as the very best common minimal temperature in the course of the previous 64 years (the file was 12.22°C in 2011).

The most popular day of the month was noticed in Turbat, Balochistan, on November 3 when it recorded a most temperature of 41.0°C. Whereas the station, Mithi in Sindh was discovered to be the warmest place with a imply month-to-month most temperature of 35.5°C.

The coldest night time temperature of -6.6°C of the month was recorded in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, on November 28. Coincidentally, the identical station occurred to be the good place with a imply month-to-month minimal temperature of -0.9 °C.

Nationwide area-weighted rainfall, 5.6mm, of November 2024 was close to common with a constructive anomaly of +8%.

The heaviest one-day rainfall of 54.3mm occurred in Khuzdar, Balochistan, on November 30. Whereas, the station Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been the wettest place with month-to-month complete rainfall of 110.0 mm.

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has shifted a bit extra to La Niña with sea floor temperatures (SSTs) being round -0.6°C over the central equatorial Pacific Ocean and certain fall additional.

The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) too is inclined to detrimental part.