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Extreme heat to pass, but not the hot climate: Weather bodies
October is one of the two hottest months of the year for southern equatorial regions when the Sun is directly above the equator, with the other month being April.
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Keeping cool: A student uses a portable fan outside the classroom at an elementary school in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on May 7. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)
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he high temperatures hitting several regions across Indonesia recently are expected to blow over in the coming weeks with the country transitioning to the rainy season. But national and global authorities have warned that the extreme conditions may persist, if not worsening, in the future thanks to human-triggered climate changes.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecast excessive heat of temperatures higher than 34 degrees Celsius in most parts of southern regions, including West Java, Central Java and West Nusa Tenggara.
The worst-hit region in recent days is Larantuka district in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), which saw a maximum temperature of 38.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday. A BMKG weather station in the district recorded that the high temperature persisted until Tuesday.
In the Greater Jakarta area, the recorded highest temperature ranged between 34 and 35 degrees, according to the BMKG record. A weather station in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, for example, posted a temperature of 34.6 degrees on Thursday.
While the weather in Jakarta may not be as hot as in Larantuka, it was enough to discomfort Jakartans like Risvi Maulana, who said that the air conditioner in his room is no longer sufficient to cool him down.
“I used to set the AC temperature at around 24 or 25 degrees, but now I have to put it below 20 degrees and even install an additional fan to make my room a bit cooler,” said the 30-year-old private company employee.
Risvi was not the only one to be bothered by the heat: “In the last two weeks, every friend I met always tell me, ‘It’s unreasonably hot here in Jakarta.’”
