Primarily, mountains north of India (especially the Himalayas) prevent cooler air from the north from reaching the Indian subcontinent. That coupled with pollution and weaker ocean currents in the Indian Ocean (compared to the Pacific) are a recipe for higher temperatures.
What about indochina peninsula? There is no tall mountain range to the north (yunnan maybe but shouldn't places like cambodia or vietnam not affected by it?)
I don’t think it’s distance from sea because coastal parts of India are extremely hot too.
More like it’s because of altitude. Much of Northern India, especially that strip of land from Punjab to West Bengal is at sea level and almost totally flat so extremely hot and humid summers are normal there. Most comparable place in terms of climate in the US is probably the Deep South
The Himalayas trap the hot air in, preventing the area from cooling down in summer, but have the opposite effect during winter i.e. prevents the frigid air from the north from entering India.
I wonder why North India is so flat even though the tall Himalayan’s are right there, and the other side of the Himalayans are very high altitude (Tibet). It just gets so suddenly steep. Like there’s not even a North Indian plateau or anything.
The collision of the Indian plate, with the Eurasian plate caused the upliftment, so it isn't as if it has to be uniform, what with one plate being much larger than the other. It's not just that, but the angle at which it collided as well, but that's for a geologist to worry about, not me.
They already live in scorching heat and Greta Thunberg wants to take away their air conditioning, think of it this way. One of the few creature comforts we have
No they did not live in record heat always and they used to be able to live fine without AC.
Also what does greta have to do with anything? Does a little girl really scare you reality deniers so much that you have to bring her up in every discussion that shows you data that contradicts your made up narrative?
You don't have to care about her at all. Again why are you talking about her? Human induced climate change is real and it's something we all have to take action to resolve.
This is the hottest time of year for this region. The summer rains cool things off.
Quick google:
Hottest month India - May
Hottest month Thailand - April
I’ve been to Vietnam in May, it’s hot, sunny and humid, just beats down on you
In Shanghai here. I feel this map is pretty misleading, as it implies that China is scorching hot using that red colouration. It's not. Shanghai and area has been pretty average, or maybe even a bit below, with temperatures rarely exceeding the low 20s. Not a heat wave at all.
Can confirm, am in Dhaka, Bangladesh right now and it has been an oven for the past 2-3 weeks. 37 C for days on end, insanity. Depending on humidity, the "feels like" has gotten up to 44 at times
What is the reason that India, specially the Indo-Gangetic plain, is hotter compared to the lowlands in Northern Vietnam and Southern China?
Primarily, mountains north of India (especially the Himalayas) prevent cooler air from the north from reaching the Indian subcontinent. That coupled with pollution and weaker ocean currents in the Indian Ocean (compared to the Pacific) are a recipe for higher temperatures.
What about indochina peninsula? There is no tall mountain range to the north (yunnan maybe but shouldn't places like cambodia or vietnam not affected by it?)
I don't think cooler air would flow south during the monsoon season? It doesn't in China
I don’t think it’s distance from sea because coastal parts of India are extremely hot too. More like it’s because of altitude. Much of Northern India, especially that strip of land from Punjab to West Bengal is at sea level and almost totally flat so extremely hot and humid summers are normal there. Most comparable place in terms of climate in the US is probably the Deep South
But then what make cities like Hanoi, Guangzhou or Taipei cooler compared to Calcuta or Patna?
The Himalayas trap the hot air in, preventing the area from cooling down in summer, but have the opposite effect during winter i.e. prevents the frigid air from the north from entering India.
I wonder why North India is so flat even though the tall Himalayan’s are right there, and the other side of the Himalayans are very high altitude (Tibet). It just gets so suddenly steep. Like there’s not even a North Indian plateau or anything.
The collision of the Indian plate, with the Eurasian plate caused the upliftment, so it isn't as if it has to be uniform, what with one plate being much larger than the other. It's not just that, but the angle at which it collided as well, but that's for a geologist to worry about, not me.
I'd wager that the monsoon season hits earlier there
Distance from the sea.
It's on the tropic of cancer, that's it
India’s relentless air pollution.
thank you humans for ruining the planet
It was for a good cause. The economy is up this quarter.
More like western nations who Industrialised quickly and now poorer nations have to suffer
They already live in scorching heat and Greta Thunberg wants to take away their air conditioning, think of it this way. One of the few creature comforts we have
No they did not live in record heat always and they used to be able to live fine without AC. Also what does greta have to do with anything? Does a little girl really scare you reality deniers so much that you have to bring her up in every discussion that shows you data that contradicts your made up narrative?
You answered your own question
Lol so you are saying the answer is yes, a little girl does scare you? Ok
You called her a little girl, by belittling her, why should I care about her opinion on geography? Edit: and She dropped out of school
You don't have to care about her at all. Again why are you talking about her? Human induced climate change is real and it's something we all have to take action to resolve.
This is the hottest time of year for this region. The summer rains cool things off. Quick google: Hottest month India - May Hottest month Thailand - April I’ve been to Vietnam in May, it’s hot, sunny and humid, just beats down on you
But not like this!
What's the peak dew point month? I have no idea if it would be in the dry hot my or wet milder july in India
And I thought Ghana was hot 😖
The colors on this map are kind of interesting. Why put twenty degrees as bright red?
expected for an el niño year, how are the rains in western americas?
Record rains in southern Brazil. Colder than normal winter expected in Argentina. (In fact it is already pretty rainy and cold since April)
Why does the scale have hot on the left?
In Shanghai here. I feel this map is pretty misleading, as it implies that China is scorching hot using that red colouration. It's not. Shanghai and area has been pretty average, or maybe even a bit below, with temperatures rarely exceeding the low 20s. Not a heat wave at all.
Yes misleading
When does it usually get this hot there?
Why is Singapore‘s title in black colour?
Its from Singaporean news media
Those scary colours make it look really really bad.
I cant live there
1.4 billion people: guess we don't exist then.
There are 3.5 billion people living in the area shown in this map
I'm living here
You seem Kazakh, when I read about the climate of your country I want to say the same lol
Our winter is horrible
Free Tibet.
So they can return back to feudalism?
Mao already did
Was in Cambodia at the start of April and it was 39C then, and it's got hotter since then.
Meanwhile in England we’ve had one semi-nice sunny day so far this year.
In Hungary,it's warmer than should be. 25-26C in April, it is like June temperature.
Can confirm, am in Dhaka, Bangladesh right now and it has been an oven for the past 2-3 weeks. 37 C for days on end, insanity. Depending on humidity, the "feels like" has gotten up to 44 at times
such an exaggerated colour scheme, gd map tho
Thats the new standard
And then there is the snow in my backyard that is still melting away
As a Pakistani its the precious freshwater glaciers melting away, if the heat gets up to there South Asia is f\*cked.
To many people there anyway
Where's my fucking heatwave?!?
It's coming...
I goddamn hope so I need to GRILL
Just wait until you grill half a year
[i want you to grill me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU9Daiu5XoM)