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South Tangerang breaks October record at nearly 40 degrees
BMKG shared the information on it’s Instagram account, @infobmkg, also noting significant temperature increases recorded at weather stations in Bandar Lampung, Banten, Surabaya, Central Sulawesi, South Sumatra and Semarang, among others.
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This aerial photo taken on June 9, 2021, shows air pollution over Jakarta.
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he South Tangerang region of Banten has set a record high temperature for October, reaching 39.4 degrees Celsius in the last twenty days of the month, as reported by the nation’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
BMKG shared the information on its Instagram account, @infobmkg, also noting significant temperature increases recorded at weather stations in Bandar Lampung, Banten, Surabaya, Central Sulawesi, South Sumatra and Semarang, among others.
During an event in early October, BMKG head Dwikorita Karnawati predicted that the nation’s maximum temperature could eventually reach 40 degrees.
"Based on our calculations up to October, we anticipate the possibility of surface air temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius," she said.
According to Dwikorita, the two key factors that contribute to the phenomenon are the influence of the El Niño weather phenomenon and the sun’s apparent seasonal path across the sky that is caused by the earth’s rotation and orbit of the sun.
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She said that the lack of rain cloud formation is attributed to El Niño. "The coverage of rain clouds became extremely minimal, allowing direct sunlight to reach the surface of the earth," she said.
