The day temperature in Jashore and Chuadanga dropped below 40C first time in nearly three weeks as Bangladesh came out of a severe to very severe heatwave that saw temperature peak at 43.8C on April 30.
The temperature significantly declined all over Bangladesh since rain started on May 2 promising to end the longest-ever heatwave that started on March 31.
鈥楾he heatwave might disappear from tomorrow when rainfall all over Bangladesh is likely to pick up,鈥� meteorologist Tariful Newaz Kabir told 抖阴精品.
On Saturday, Bangladesh鈥檚 highest maximum temperature of 39.5C was recorded in Rajshahi, where temperature dropped rather slowly compared with other areas in the country due to excessive dryness.
In Jashore, the maximum day temperature dropped to 38.8C on Saturday following a 3C drop since the day before.
The south-western district witnessed its day temperature drop below 40C first time in 19 days. On April 17, the day temperature in Jashore crossed 40.2C in the latest spell of heatwave.
Ever since the BMD started keeping record 76 years ago in 1948, Jashore saw its day temperature hit 43.8C twice鈥攐nce on April 30 this year and before that on April 2, 1963.聽
April 30 was the hottest day in Bangladesh since 1989.
The southern district Chuadanga saw its day temperature drop to 38.5C on Saturday, down from 41.2C the day before.
Data preserved by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department showed that Chuadanga witnessed its temperature reach 40.6C on April 16 in the ongoing spell of heatwave.
Except for April 24, when the day temperature dropped to 39.6C, Chuadanga continuously recorded its day temperature at 40C or above, according to the BMD.
On Saturday, Dhaka鈥檚 day temperature dropped to 36.9C from 38.1C the day before.
The BMD said on Saturday that a mild to moderate heatwave was sweeping Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions.
While Sylhet division might experience rainfall at a few places, the BMD predicted rainfall at one or two places in Dhaka, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Barishal and Chattogram divisions today.
The rainfall is likely to increase thereafter.
With the temperature decreasing, power demand fell and so did load shedding. Still, the Power Grid Company Bangladesh data showed, load shedding peaked at 3:00pm on Saturday at 1,170MW with 14,025MW generated against the demand of 15,250MW. Bangladesh鈥檚 installed power generation capacity is over 27,000MW.
The India Meteorological Department on Saturday predicted widespread rain in Bangladesh鈥檚 upstream areas such as Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura over the next five days.
Some of the places, including Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura, might record isolated very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in a bulletin issued on Saturday afternoon said that rivers in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar and Habiganj might rapidly rise over the next 48 to 72 hours.
Major rivers in Sylhet and Sunamganj might flow above their danger marks at several points over the next 72 hours, said the FFWC.