Weather Watch 2026

After learning that 2023 was the world’s hottest year on record, I began tracking the weather more closely. Then 2024 surpassed it, becoming the first calendar year to cross the 1.5°C threshold and set a new record. 2025 brought a series of extreme weather events, with multiple COP climate change summits taking place that have not yielded any concrete results.

To stay aware of what's happening around the world and make personal changes, I plan to keep taking notes this year too and adjust my expectations.

I've set up a dynamic chart to display weather data for my area (Miyapur) using Zomato's WeatherUnion API like I did in 2025.

   

It fails to return data occasionally but seems to be more reliable than the data provided by Telangana State Development Planning Society which has fewer weather stations (Kukatpally, Serilingampally) and farther away from where I stay.

Comparing values from both sources reveal a big difference in minimum temps (avg 6.1°C) but max temps are close (1.1°C). For humidity there are significant differences, especially in maximum values (18.2% average difference).

~ Weather News ~

January

* "Already, Americans eat about 1.0–1.3 grams per day — within the lower range of the new recommendations. However, if they moved up to the higher end of that range, that would be about a 25 percent increase in protein consumption.

World Resources Institute (WRI) estimates that such an increase in Americans eating any kind of protein, whether it comes from animal or plant sources, could require up to 100 million acres of additional agricultural land each year, roughly as big as the state of California. The climate impact of that could be equivalent to hundreds of millions of tons of additional carbon dioxide emissions, according to WRI.

Protein from meat requires more land for raising animals and growing their feed. Cows have a digestive process that’s less efficient at turning feed into food humans can eat.

Heat waves and drought have cut herd sizes, and beef and dairy producers are on alert for potentially devastating screwworm parasites" - The Verge

* The apple industry is the backbone of Himachal Pradesh’s economy, contributing nearly ₹6,000 crore annually and supporting over 1.5 lakh families, primarily small and marginal farmers. A prolonged dry spell and lack of snowfall in Himachal Pradesh have left apple growers and horticulture experts anxious, with fears that if current conditions persist, the apple crop could suffer significant losses in yield and production.

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