The longest heat wave in the history of Bangladesh is going on. Which started last March 31 and is still going on (until April 25). Sometimes it becomes very severe. Bangladesh has never seen such extent of heat wave before. Meteorologists said that the fire may continue in the remaining days of this month.
Meteorologists say this is the longest heat wave in the country. Earlier last year also in the month of April, heat wave swept over different parts of the country for 19 consecutive days. Somewhere it became very intense. This time it has long been surpassed.
Meteorologists call this period of continuous heat wave in April as ‘unusual’. They also said that there is no record of such a long period of heat wave in this month.
According to the information of the Meteorological Department, the heat wave first started in Chittagong, Rangamati and Cox’s Bazar districts on March 16 this year. On March 19, it disappeared again. Later on March 31, heat wave started again in Rajshahi and Pabna districts. That heatwave continues through Thursday (April 25). According to that, till now heat wave is blowing over the country for 26 consecutive days.
According to the Meteorological Department, a heat wave is called mild if the temperature is 36 to 37.9 degrees Celsius over a wide area, moderate if it is 38 to 39.9 degrees Celsius, severe if it is between 40 to 41.9 degrees Celsius and more than 42 degrees Celsius. is
On April 20, the country’s highest temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in Jessore. This is the highest temperature record so far this season. On that day, the day temperature was 42.4 degrees Celsius at Chuadanga and 42 degrees Celsius at Ishwardi in Pabna. The maximum temperature in Dhaka was 40.4 degrees Celsius.
Day temperatures in Jessore and Chuadanga again crossed 42 degrees Celsius on Thursday (April 25) after a slight dip in the past few days. The maximum temperature recorded in these two regions was 42.2 degrees Celsius.
Due to continuous heat, people’s suffering has reached an extreme level in almost the entire country except Sylhet. Heat stroke deaths are happening in different places. Diseases are increasing in intense heat. Earnings of working people are falling. All educational institutions are closed for a week.
Director of Meteorological Department. Azizur Rahman said, the heatwave started at the end of March. It runs without any breaks. There is no chance of a break in the heat wave for the rest of April. It may continue like this till 3/4 of May next. Then there is a chance of some light rain.
He said, last year there was no continuous heat wave throughout the month of April. There were some breaks. Last year saw heat wave for 19 consecutive days. This time the whole month of April is going beyond it.
Azizur Rahman said, according to the information we have, there has never been a heat wave for such a long period before. This is the first time in the history of Bangladesh that heatwave has been going on for so long. It has already broken all the records, but it will continue. At least for the next 4/5 days.
Meteorologist Muhammad Abul Kalam Mallick said that the heat wave has been blowing since the beginning of this month, but it had subsided somewhere in between.
He said, earlier in 2019, Chuadanga experienced 23 consecutive mild to moderate heatwaves. After that, the heat wave of the highest duration is going on this year. Apart from this, heat waves do not usually last for such a long time in April.
Meteorologist Abul Kalam Mallik said, “In the past, there is no record of heat wave of such a long duration in Bangladesh in the month of April”.
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