BMKG: Entering The Dry Season, Jabodetabek Temperature Is 34 Degrees And Lampung Is The Highest With 36 Degrees

Illustration of the dry season, the Ciliwung River decreasing its water flow at the Katulampa Dam bridge/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - A number of areas have started to enter the dry season, so that hot weather is also starting to be felt, even the Lampung region has experienced the hottest temperature of up to 36 degrees Celsius in the last three days. "The highest temperature in the last three days was recorded at 36 degrees Celsius in Lampung," said the Head of the Meteorological Center. Public Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Fachri Radjab who was contacted in Jakarta, Tuesday 19 April. Meanwhile for the Greater Jakarta area in the last three days the highest temperature was recorded at 34 degrees Celsius in Ciputat. drought. Because it is already the dry season, so that the solar heating is high, the temperature rises as a result of the hot weather. Previously, BMKG predicted that 29.8 percent of the 342 season zones in Indonesia will start the dry season in April 2022. The dry season zone in April 2022 is partly Nusa Tenggara area, as well as the seasonal zone in Bali and parts of Java. Then as much as 22.8 percent of the area will enter the dry season in May 2022, covering parts of Bali, Java, parts of Sumatra, parts of Kalimantan, Maluku and parts of Papua. Meanwhile, 23 .7 percent of the area will enter the dry season in June 2022 covering Sumatra, parts of Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, a small part of Maluku, and parts of Papua. While for the other 23.7 percent of areas, the beginning of the dry season spreads in January, March, July , August, September, and October.