Heatwaves Hit 15 Countries in Recent Years

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Viva Budy Kusnandar 13/05/2022 15:00 WIB

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In 2016, heatwaves affected only one country, India. Subsequently, the number of countries affected by heatwaves tended to increase in the following years.

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The weather in parts of Indonesia felt hotter in early May 2022 than the previous month. This led to speculation that a heatwave was occurring in Indonesia.

However, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) confirmed that the phenomenon was not a heatwave, but merely a sign of the approaching dry season in some areas.

In recent years, heatwaves have been recorded in 15 countries.

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a heatwave is an abnormal phenomenon where the daily maximum temperature is 5°C or more above the average daily temperature in a region.

Heatwaves also generally occur over an extended period, namely for five consecutive days or more.

Based on data compiled by Statista, in 2016 heatwaves affected only one country, India, with a maximum temperature of 51°C.

The number of countries affected by heatwaves has tended to increase in subsequent years.

The highest number of countries impacted by heatwaves was in 2020, with four countries affected. Even Antarctica experienced temperatures as high as 18°C that year.

Meanwhile, in the first few months of 2022, heatwaves were recorded in two countries: Uruguay and Australia, with maximum temperatures of 44°C and 50.7°C respectively.

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