Guwahati: Guwahati rolled down Heat Durga Puja when the maximum temperature jumped up to 37.7 degrees Celsius on Navami and Dashami, made the two hottest days ever recorded in October, in Assam, the meteorological department said on Friday.
Meeting officials said that the city could experience light rainfall from Monday which could reduce the temperature.
On Thursday and Friday, Guwahati recorded a maximum temperature of 37.7 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal., While the minimum temperature was recorded at 25.1 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal.
“This is the highest maximum temperature ever recorded in October in Guwahati.
The previous record was 37.0 degrees Celsius on October 1, 2009.
The city can receive rainfall on Monday, but dry weather can continue until the end of this month,” Sanjay O ‘ Neill Shaw, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorology Center, Guwahati, said.
While relative humidity, moisture size in the air during the day, oscillates between 67% and 78%, weather forecast states that the maximum temperature is likely to be above normal with 4 ° C to 5 ° C throughout the northeast.
Meeting officials connecting the condition of “extreme weather” and low rainfall with the presence of low pressure systems above Bay Bay.
October has witnessed a lack of cumulative rainfall because only 69.2 mm of rain has been registered with 94.8 mm Rainafall’s normal recording.
“The temperature increase is caused by the presence of a low pressure system above Bengal Bay.
Every time there is low pressure in the bay, the chance of rainfall in this region goes down.
Because of low pressure, there are fewer moisture that produces this dry weather.
Assam experienced a deficit of rainfall 22 % During the rainy season, “said Meteorologist RMC Sunit Das.
The low pressure area is located above the west-center and side by side in Bengal Bengal Bengal, with cyclone circulation related to southwest tilting.
DAS said “extreme weather” cannot be connected directly by global warming or climate change.
“We have to study a series of temperature data to ensure whether the temperature increase is related to climate change,” said senior scientist.
The average maximum temperature in October between 1981-2010 was recorded at 30.6 degrees Celsius.