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Dhaka: The Meteorological Office has once again issued a three-day ‘heat alert’ across the country. The company issued a hit alert for the fourth time.
Thursday (April 24) meteorologist. Shahinul Islam said that the current heatwave over the country may continue for the next 72 hours from today (April 25). Besides, the discomfort may increase due to the excess of water vapor.
A three-day ‘heat alert’ was issued three times earlier on April 3, 19 and 22. But the first two times there was a hint of rising temperature.
Heatwave is ongoing this month. The occasional extreme heat wave has now subsided somewhat.
On April 20, the highest temperature in the country was recorded in Jessore at 42.6 degrees Celsius. And the maximum temperature recorded in Dhaka is 40.4 degrees Celsius. On this day, the temperature was recorded at 42.3 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga, 41.7 degrees Celsius in Mongla, 41.6 degrees Celsius in Ishwardi, and 41.2 degrees Celsius in Khulna. Besides, mild to intense heatwaves have swept over other parts of the country, which are still prevailing.
On April 17, 2023, the highest temperature recorded in the country in the previous nine years was at Ishwardi, 43 degrees Celsius. And in May 2014, the highest temperature recorded in Chuadanga was 43.3 degrees Celsius.
On April 16, 2023, the temperature of Dhaka was the highest in the previous 58 years, at 40.6 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature in Dhaka in 1965 was 42 degrees Celsius.
Earlier in 1960, the maximum temperature of Dhaka was 42.3 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature recorded in Rajshahi was 45.1 degrees Celsius on 18 May 1972, a record that has not been broken yet.
Bangladesh Time: 1133 hours, April 25, 2024
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