Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Already at the end of October 2023, a number of regions in Indonesia are still experiencing scorching hot weather that exceeds 38 degrees Celsius, even though the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) estimates that temperatures will decrease starting next November.
Based on the daily maximum temperature report in Indonesia released via the official BMKG Instagram account (@infobmkg), until the last day of October 2023 Kertajati, Majalengka, West Java, was the hottest city in Indonesia with the highest recorded temperature of 38.4 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, South Lampung is the second hottest region in Indonesia. The Radin Inten II Meteorological Station recorded that the highest temperature in the area was 38.2 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, the third position of the hottest city in Indonesia is occupied by the South Tangerang region with a maximum temperature of 37.4 degrees Celsius. This figure is based on records from the Center for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Region II in South Tangerang.
The following is a list of the 10 hottest cities in Indonesia according to monitoring by the BMKG station from 30 October 2023 at 07.00 WIB to 31 October 2023 at 07.00 WIB
Kertajati Meteorological Station, West Java (38.4 degrees Celsius)
Radin Inten II Meteorological Station, Lampung (38.2 degrees Celsius)
Center for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Region II (37.4 degrees Celsius)
Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Meteorological Station, Bima, NTB (37.2 degrees Celsius)
Syamsudin Noor Meteorological Station, Banjar Baru, South Kalimantan (37 degrees Celsius)
Perak I Meteorological Station, Surabaya, East Java (37 degrees Celsius)
Central Java Climatology Station (37 degrees Celsius)
South Kalimantan Climatology Station (36.8 degrees Celsius)
Serang Maritime Meteorological Station, Banten (36.7 degrees Celsius)
Budiarto Meteorological Station, Curug, Tangerang, Banten (36.6 degrees Celsius)
Rain Forecast
In a separate upload, BMKG revealed that on November 1 2023 at 07.00 WIB until November 2 2023 at 07.00 WIB, most parts of Indonesia will begin to enter the rainy season.
According to BMKG, the islands of Sumatra, Kalimantan, and parts of Maluku and Papua will experience light to moderate rain. Meanwhile, the entire island of Java except the provinces of West Java and Central Java is only partly cloudy.
“In general, Sumatra has light rain. However, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Jambi, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands have the potential for moderate rain. North Sumatra and Aceh have the potential for heavy rain,” explained BMKG in its rain forecast report, Tuesday (31/10/2023) .
“Java is generally sunny and cloudy. However, Central Java and West Java have the potential for moderate rain. Bali, NTB, NTT are generally sunny and cloudy. Kalimantan generally has light rain and Sulawesi is generally sunny and cloudy,” continued BMKG.
Meanwhile in Jabodetabek, BMKG predicts generally cloudy weather, but Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi, West Java, East Jakarta and North Jakarta have the potential for light rain.
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