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My understanding is that 1901 wasn't particularly hot. They mention 1901 because that's when systematic collection of weather data began.

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• refurb 5y ago
  "Meteorologists from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) found that March 2022 was the hottest March for India as a whole since 1901".
  • Etheryte 5y ago
    As the other comment already pointed out, the study linked in the article [0] makes it clear that it's not the case that 1901 was the hottest March, but instead 1901 is the year that data gathering began. The warmest March on record was 2010. > Characteristics of Average maximum, minimum and mean temperature for the country as a whole and over four homogenous region during March 2022 and its comparison since 1901 > [...] > The country averaged monthly mean temperatures of 26.67ºC is the second warmest since 1901 (The warmest year on record was 2010 (26.671 ºC)). [0] https://internal.imd.gov.in/press_release/20220402_pr_1551.pdf https://internal.imd.gov.in/press_release/20220402_pr_1551.p...
    • refurb 5y ago
      By 1 thousandth of a degree C?
      • Etheryte 5y ago
        Your observation is correct that for all practical intents and purposes, this March was as hot as the hottest March ever recorded since bookkeeping began in 1901.