Synergistic Effects of Rising Summer Temperatures & Decreasing Summer Season Rainfall
on Jhansi's Water Availability
Based on Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) daily gridded data: rainfall 1901–2024, temperature 1951–2024
records (1901–2024)
~30% below India avg
temp across years
profiling, Jhansi
A district under compounding
hydroclimatic stress
Hover over any card or click a stat above to reveal the full finding. Heat rising, rainfall falling, and the monsoon growing less reliable each decade.
Jhansi has the steepest Tx5d rise in Uttar Pradesh. Peak summer maximum reached 44.90°C, draining soil moisture well before the monsoon arrives.
Jhansi's summer season rainfall is just 18 mm, representing only 2% of annual totals. Moth, Bamaur, and Gursarai receive the least rain in the district, with rainfall declining since 1901.
Jhansi averages 830 mm annually, roughly 30% below the India average. Pre-monsoon rainfall is declining in 4 of 8 blocks (1901–2024), limiting groundwater recharge.
Moth, Bamaur, Gursarai, and Chirgaon face dual decline across drying pre-monsoon seasons and weakening monsoons, creating chronic water scarcity with no seasonal recovery.
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